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Saturday April 5, 2014 $1 VAT Inclusive PARTNERSHIPS VITAL FOR DEVELOPMENT AT this time when imperative to highlight Signing Ceremony held at recognise that our Small ahead, we still are at high with the UNDP recognise other areas around the and extend gratitude to the UN House yesterday Island Developing States risks of a number of issues. the ultimate goal. globe are being faced the United Nations to officially mark the (SIDS) and even our “So it is really important “The CBU thanks the with significant Development Pro- partnership between CBU continental states are for us to keep hold of these UNDP for its continued challenges and crises, gramme (UNDP) for and UNDP to produce the extremely vulnerable to all issues and make sure that commitment to the the Secretary General once again partnering Youth-INSPIRE television kinds of issues, and even initiatives such as these region,” she stressed. of the Caribbean to develop the region. series, Sonia Gill though in the development are well supported, and Broadcasting Union During her presentation reminded, “We really see indices we maybe seen as that all the partners such PARTNERSHIPS (CBU) sees it as at the Letter of Agreement it important that we middle income and getting as CBU coming together on Page 5

Signing the official Letter of Agreement at the ceremony yesterday were (from left) UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative, Stephen O'Malley; President of the Caribbean Broadcasting Union (CBU) Shida Bolai; and CBU Secretary General, Sonia Gill. A&E head seeking to improve Asthma Bay By Regina Selman Moore upgrades and its capacity sorts for the Asthma Bay. grateful for the effort on on the improvements persons because we needs to be extended. Speaking at the launch of ICBL’s part to donate needed at the health care deliver our medication via THE Asthma Bay of the Dr. Chaney Williams, ICBL’s Family Fun Walk proceeds from the event to facility. oxygen, so we actually Accident and Emergency Head of the Accident and and Run to come off on the Asthma Bay. In a “We would like to have to have installed Department of the Queen Emergency Department of April 28 at the Bay Street question and answer expand the capacity of the ports. Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) the QEH, has noted that Esplanade, Dr. Williams segment held later at the Asthma Bay. Right now, is in need of a few she has a “wish list” of noted that she was event, Dr.Williams shared we can only seat 10 IMPROVE on Page 2

2 • Saturday April 5, 2014 The Barbados Advocate Upgrades planned for Asthma Bay Milton Lynch IMPROVE from Page 1 you need at least three, so seating because our seats get,which is actually a ma- students complete you are already in the from time to time are not chine to confirm whether “So we want to increase department for at least comfortable. If you are sit- you are truly asthmatic, the capacity for our two hours,” Dr. Williams ting down there for two because everybody that anti-bullying Asthma Bay (and) have shared. hours, you need comfort- wheezes is not necessarily continuous educational “So while you are there able seating. asthmatic. So we have a programmes being aired and you are receiving your “So there are a couple wish list and those are programme while people sit and wait treatment, we want to ed- things that we (need to) some of the things that we By Ashlee Cox pleased that you were because a nebulizing ucate your relatives while have – the peak flow meter are interested in getting chosen for this project. process takes about half they are there with you. and then there’s a spirom- done,” the A&E Head out- THE problem of bullying What this project meant an hour. Once you come, (We also need) comfortable eter that we are looking to lined. within local schools has was that we would have been a recurring one community intervention for the Ministry of strategy starting at the Education, Science, school, and we had six Technology and Inno- weeks allocated for this vation. programme,” she ex- Morris: Find Word of this came from plained. Senior Education Officer The campaign com- with responsibility for menced on February 27 Nursery and Primary and culminated with a the right Schools, Joy Adamson, as prize-giving ceremony she presented Opening for those who would have Remarks at the recently competed in the ‘Stop held 2014 Anti-bullying Bullying Now’ poster balance Campaign’s (ABC) grad- competition on April 3. uation ceremony, held Thirty-four male stu- THE right balance be- about building skills, at the Milton Lynch dents, ranging in age tween agriculture and skills of engineering, con- Primary School. This from seven to ten years housing must be struction and artisans programme was an ini- old, were selected to par- struck to ensure the etc, all those things have tiative of the Ministry of ticipate in the pro- best use of vacant lots economic input,” he said. Education and its gramme by Principal of in this country. With that in mind, Student Support the School, Carlton Reid. That advice has come Ambassador Morris, who Services Unit. Adamson noted: “What from Barbados’ originates from the St. As noted by Adamson, they had over the last six Ambassador to CARI- Patrick’s area, said he “We have all heard the weeks would have been COM, Robert ‘Bobby’ wants to see the space de- reports about bullying discussions on peer pres- Morris, who was a mem- veloped for multiple uses and we know that there sure, anger manage- ber of the audience at the and consisting of a wide has been an upsurge of ment, conflict resolution, recently held community variety of housing solu- school officials, parents, team work, critical meeting at the St. tions. However, Morris the general public, every- thinking skills, problem Patrick’s Anglican maintained that he body crying out because solving skills. There Church Hall to discuss did not think that the of bullying.” was also a Bullying with residents their per- traditional Government Stating that the ongo- Awareness Day through- spectives on how the area owned low income ing problem with bully- out the school and there running from St. David’s, housing areas, should be ing was what had started was a Bullying Aware- Christ Church to Six constructed there. the ABC Drive pilot proj- ness Ribbon Drive where Roads, St. Philip, should Additionally, he said ect, she commended the you were presented with be developed. there is also need for Barbados’ Ambassador to CARICOM, Robert ‘Bobby’ University of the West an indigo coloured rib- “Yes, we need agricul- business enterprises to Morris. Indies (UWI) Cave Hill bon.” ture and we have to max- also be established, Campus’ Social Work in- The education official imise the use of that agri- which could provide sions must be made to cymakers understand terns who came up with stated that she hoped cultural land, but we much needed employ- meet that goal, we are no that the residents want the acronym for the cam- the programme would need housing too…. Let’s ment for young people in living in the 1900s and what is best for their paign and assisted in its be a catalyst for change understand, we need that community. the country’s focus will community. As such, he design. at the Milton Lynch housing because housing Morris contended that have to be altered to suit. maintained that once a “Obviously we were Primary School, and is about economics; it is while agriculture has its With that in mind, he plan is developed for the pleased that they would pledged that the not just about accommo- place and there is a need stated that whatever is area, the officials must have designed such a Ministry would continue dation, it is much more to achieve food security decided for the area, it is inform the residents of campaign and I’m sure to support the institu- than that. Housing is in this country and provi- important that the poli- their intentions. (JRT) that Milton Lynch was tion.

Healthy Caribbean Coalition among those chosen to lead NCD action plan AS part of a new continue,this figure is pro- ernments accountable. against Tuberculosis and pleased with the an- ity of Caribbean civil soci- programme entitled, jected to rise to 52 million “Strengthening Health Lung Disease; and the nouncement. ety organisations to effec- “Strengthening Health deaths by 2030. Systems, Supporting NCD newly created South “The HCC has a long tively advocate for im- Systems, Supporting NCD Governments agreed at Action”is a programme de- African NCD Alliance (SA history with the NCD proved NCD prevention Action”, the NCD Alliance the 2013 World Health signed to build the capac- NCDA), which brings Alliance and Medtronic policies and programmes has competitively selected Assembly to a global mon- ity of NCD civil society to together the Cancer and we commend them for and hold their govern- National Implementing itoring framework with a monitor national progress Association of South Africa the vision in bringing this ments accountable to re- Partners in the Caribbean target to reduce overall on NCDs and to advocate (CANSA), Diabetes South project to realisation. We gional and international region, Brazil and South preventable NCD mortal- for improved NCD policies Africa (DSA), the Heart are proud to have been se- NCD commitments. We Africa. ity by 25% by 2025, and a and the strengthening of and Stroke Association of lected as NCDA National look forward to working Non-communicable dis- WHO Global NCD Action health systems. South Africa, the Patient Implementing Partners closely with the NCDA eases (NCDs) – cardiovas- Plan 2013-2020. Reaching The selected partners Health Alliance of for this valuable initiative and our regional and cular disease, diabetes, this target and the ambi- are: The Healthy Carib- Non-Governmental and we congratulate our International partners cancer, and chronic respi- tions of the Plan will now bean Coalition (HCC) – a Organisations (PHAN- counterparts in Brazil and over the next two years as ratory disease – kill ap- require significant pro- member of the World GO), members respec- South Africa in their selec- we collectively work to- proximately 36 million per gress at the country level, Heart Federation (WHF); tively of UICC, IDF and tion,” he stated. wards building a more em- year, with 80% of these through government lead- Alliance for Control of WHF. “Through this grant,the powered and active CSO- deaths occurring in low- ership and robust policies, Tobacco Use Brazil Professor Sir Trevor HCC is committed to con- led NCD Advocacy move- and middle-income coun- and a strong NCD civil so- (ACT) – a member of the Hassell, President of the tinuing our work aimed at ment in the Caribbean,”he tries. If current trends ciety presence to hold gov- International Union HCC was extremely strengthening the capac- added. (PR/RSM)

The Barbados Advocate Saturday April 5, 2014 • 3 Scores of sugar workers dismissed ALMOST 60 workers of the Sugar Industries Staff Factory. with the employees yesterday in St James. the closed Andrews Sugar Association, and officials of “The Company was able to morning to inform them of the The plans for Barbados to Factory have been made that office which started in mitigate the impact of the re- arrangements for their redun- adopt a single factory model ap- redundant. June last year.The Company re- dundancy as employees were dancy. proach for the sugar industry In a statement released to the vealed that of the 121 employees transferred to Portvale Factory, Moreover, the release ex- was announced by Minister of media yesterday, the Barbados at Andrews Factory, 57 employ- while in the interim, other em- plained that the factory had Agriculture, Dr. David Estwick, Agricultural Management Co. ees were made redundant and ployees came to the end of their been closed to facilitate the con- during the present Govern- Ltd. (BAMC) said official com- these employees will receive a fixed term contracts or retired,” struction of a new, state-of-the- ment’s first term in office.At that munication related to the matter redundancy payment in accor- the BAMC added. art facility, which is to function time it was disclosed that a of the sugar workers being let dance with legislation. In addi- Members of the BAMC’s man- as a multi-purpose factory and re-purposed Andrews Factory go had been issued to the rele- tion, the BAMC indicated em- agement team, including will help to transform the local would produce multiple outputs vant trade unions. ployees have been offered access General Manager Leslie Parris; sugar industry to that of a sugar from the processing of sugar,in- According to the BAMC, this to an employee assistance Technical Manager of Factories, cane industry. cluding electricity and increased development follows lengthy re- programme and will continue John Goodman; and Human As a result, the only sugar fac- volumes of Grade ‘A’ molasses, dundancy consultations between to benefit from the programme Resources Manager, Jacqueline tory in operation for this year’s which would directly impact the the Barbados Workers’ Union, following the closure of Andrews Belgrave, were expected to meet crop is Portvale Factory, located local rum industry. Central America looking to boost ties with region Crop By RuthMoisa Stoute Organisation, which included harvest a joint programme and plan of HAVING rich, historic family action that facilitated an ex- and commercial ties with the change of tourism-related ex- going Caribbean, Central America is periences between the two sub looking to strengthen it rela- regions. That entity also forms tionship with this region in part of the recently created smoothly the area of tourism. Sustainable Destinations Speaking to The Barbados Alliance for the Americas, a By Jenique Belgrave Advocate recently, Anasha partnership aimed at promot- Campbell, a representative of ing and building a more sus- THE harvesting of the 2014 the Central American Tourism tainable tourism product in a sugar cane crop is going well. Integration Secretariat, who region considered the most de- Chairman of the Barbados happens to be Nicaraguan by pendent on tourism for its eco- Sugar Industries Limited, birth and speaks English as nomic survival. Patrick Bethel, stated that in her mother language, says She also spoke on initiatives spite of some fears that there that many are still unaware within her sub region to pro- would be a backlog of tractors of the rich heritage and simi- mote the Caribbean way of life and trucks trying to offload at larities which exist between therein, remarking: “We are the island’s lone operating fac- the Caribbean and the east- also looking to broaden our tory,Portvale, this had not been ern coast of Central America. collaborative efforts within the case. “The Caribbean Coast of the region and are exploring “There were concerns before- Central America has Afro-de- right now an initiative of hav- hand amongst the farmers as scendant communities that ing a Caribbean [touristic] to whether there would be total speak English as mother lan- route of Central America. chaos down here with the re- guage. Really, the history of “We have other routes like ceiving of canes; that has not Central America is divided in Colonial Cities of Granada proved out… two – the pacific side that was and Leon [our] volcanos, “It was the first time in the colonised by the Spanish and Patrimonio de la Huminidad... history of Barbados that we the Caribbean side that had a but we don't have a Caribbean had one factory and basically historic British protectorate, route in which you can offer everybody just saw a big pic- back from what was British tourists from different coun- ture of total chaos and it hasn’t Honduras that included tries to visit Roatán [the happened that way. People Belize, Honduras and the largest of Honduras Bay is- have been disciplined – man- Mosquito Coast which lands], San Pedro in Belize, agement has spoken to our em- stretches from Honduras to Corn Island in Nicaragua or ployees, from the harvester to Nicaragua,” Campbell ex- Bocas del Toro in Panama... all the tractor operator, and ex- plained. She added that apart of these are Caribbean desti- plained what is involved and from family ties, there were nations within Central steps have been put in place,” also strong commercial ties be- America”, he added. tween these countries and Bethel also revealed that countries such as Jamaica, Shared challenges there had been no complaints Cayman Islands and as far Campbell pointed to shared from the side of the farmers, south as Trinidad and Tobago. challenges facing tourism in Anasha Campbell, Central American Tourism Integration noting that it was only when She pointed out that it was the two sub-regions, a major Secretariat. the crop started that every only within the last five years one being that of transporta- factor could have been properly that there had been a greater tion. She said the high costs tested, reviewed and tweaked. and deliberate effort to get associated with air-transport With three weeks of har- more persons coming to ex- and a lack of general connec- vested crop now in the bag, he plore westerns side of the tivity continued to be a hin- expressed optimism that the Caribbean Sea, so that people drance not only within Central Nursery and Garden rest of the season would be could know that Central America, but also to integrat- without any major hiccups. America also shared in that ing it with the Caribbean. He made the comments to culture. “Within Central America the Shop closed today members of the press after a Campbell noted that the fares for a ticket from one tour of the Portvale Sugar Central American Tourism country to the next are ridicu- Factory on Thursday. Integration Secretariat was lous, it's like paying for a THE Nursery and Garden Shop ment work to be carried out. Portvale is the only factory currently doing considerable ticket from Central to North of the National Conservation It will reopen to business on in operation for this crop work with the Association America or even to Europe. So Commission, located at Monday,April 7. Any inconven- season as Andrews is being of Caribbean States you lose competitiveness,” she Codrington, St. Michael, will be ience this closure may cause is retrofitted to become a multi- and the Caribbean Tourism lamented. closed today to allow enhance- regretted. purpose factory for 2015.

4• Saturday April 5, 2014 The Barbados Advocate QEH Asthma Bay to benefit from proceeds of ICBL Family Fun Walk By Regina Selman Moore loved one who does, know all too well that asthma is no small PROCEEDS from ICBL’s 5th matter. If you ask any parent annual Family Fun Walk and who has watched their child Run will be donated to the struggle to breathe during an at- Asthma Bay of the Queen tack,they will tell you it is a most Elizabeth Hospital (QEH), to frightening experience,” she as- aid in treating more effec- serted. tively the numerous “The ever-filled Asthma Bay Dr. Chaney Williams (centre), Head of the Accident and Emergency Department of the QEH Barbadians touched by this at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital speaks about the prevalence of asthma at the launch of ICBL’s Family Fun Walk and Run, in debilitating disease. truly reflects the pervasiveness the presence of Wanda Mayers, Assistant Vice President of Marketing and Product Wanda Mayers,Assistant Vice of this disease, which affects peo- Development at the Insurance Corporation of Barbados Limited (ICBL) and Entertainer as President of Marketing and ple of every age, from every walk well as CBC Representative, Kirk Browne. Product Development at the of life in our community. So to Insurance Corporation mark our fifth anniversary, we Monday April 28th, starting at drive. Representative Kirk Browne of Barbados Limited (ICBL) wanted to make an even greater 6:00 a.m., the 5k run will begin “Asthma represents an impor- meanwhile shared his story of made the announcement, as she impact and this year we are at 6:10 a.m. and the 5k walk will tant cause of hospital admission living with asthma, noting that spoke at the launch of the Family happy to announce that we have start at 6:15 a.m. Participants of and presentations to our emer- on many days as a young child he Fun Walk and Run held at ICBL partnered with the QEH and the all races will start and end at the gency department and most had to be hospitalised and at Headquarters on Thursday. proceeds from this year’s Family Bay Street Esplanade. asthmatic adults may have had times felt like he was in danger “Despite its prevalence among Fun Walk and Run will be do- Dr. Chaney Williams, Head of at least one hospital admission of losing his life, when afflicted Barbadians, this non-communi- nated to the Asthma Bay,” the Accident and Emergency by the time they reach adult- by the debilitating disease.The “I cable disease is not treated with Mayers explained. Department of the QEH who hood. So I am glad that the spon- am a True Champion” the gravity that it should be. Mayers also noted that a web- shared in the launch, has ac- sors along with ICBL have con- Ambassador and host of the 98.1 Asthma is a serious non-commu- site (familyfun.icb.com.bb) has knowledged the challenge that tinued with this initiative, be- morning show “The Sharpest nicable disease, but for too long been launched and dedicated presents in managing asthma, cause we recognise that educa- Edge”, noted that he was glad it has been underfunded and solely to this race, which will the prevalence of which is in- tion is one of the most important for the opportunity to share in taken very lightly among the allow individuals and groups to creasing in the Barbadian popu- components to asthma therapy,” raising awareness about asthma, wider community.But those who register online for the first time. lation. As such, she expressed Dr.Williams shared. the severity of which is suffer with it or anyone with a The 10k run will take place on thanks to ICBL for initiating the Entertainer and CBC often overlooked.

Kimberley Douglas(right) of Harris Paints makes a presentation to Dr. Chaney Williams, Head of the Accident and Emergency Department of the QEH, while pledging to aid in beautifying the A section of the audience in attendance at the launch of ICBL’s Family Fun Walk and Run A&E with low odour and no odour paint. held at ICBL Headquarters. Research related to asthma currently ongoing RESEARCH is being carried on with John Hopkins they can get a pattern in terms Dr. Williams noted that the “Although we don’t have a out to determine the exact bur- University and the University of the seasons, if it is dry sea- ratio of children versus adults true picture of how many pa- den of asthma as an illness and of the West Indies, to determine son only or whatever. So we do living with the diseases is, 1/3 tients affected by asthma visit the economic costs to those pa- exactly the burden of illness have research and its always children , 2/3 adults. the private sector in Barbados tients in Barbados, afflicted and the economic costs to those encouraged” Dr. Williams Acknowledging that a true or the polyclinics, what we can and affected by the disease. patients involved and affected said. picture is needed of the total say is that 20-25% of the pa- Dr. Chaney Williams, Head by asthma. There is a lot of re- “We do try to encourage our number of persons afflicted by tients who present to the emer- of the Accident and Emergency search with the Barbados residents as part of our emer- the disease of asthma, Dr. gency department present with Department of the QEH re- Meteorological Society and the gency medicine programme to Williams however noted that it asthma related complaints and cently acknowledged the above. University of the West Indies find an area of interest and to can be viewed as a major pub- that is 8000 to 10, 000 visits a “Research is ongoing. We ac- again, about the Sahara dust, develop it to see how we can lic health concern, given the year” the doctor indicated. tually have a big study going quantifying it and seeing if treat it” Williams added. numbers visiting the A&E. (RSM)

The Barbados Advocate Saturday April 5, 2014 • 5 Excellent performances celebrated at SJPP THE Samuel Jackman Prescod Polytechnic (SJPP) has a lot to cele- brate. Recently, students and staff have made the insti- tution proud in several areas; and those individu- als were recognised during an appreciation ceremony held at the Pine facility yesterday. Zikki Corbin and Ryan Jordan, students in the Agricultural Division were recognised for their expla- nation and demonstration of an Aquaponics display at Agrofest 2014 and World Skills Barbados. The institution also won the top prize for the ‘Junior Duelling Chef Challenge’ at Agrofest 2014. Janee Denny and Kemar Husbands - two catering students, prepared for the course with Home Economics and Catering instructor, Winifred Banfield –they were all awarded for this achieve- These young men were awarded for attaining a grade point average (GPA) of 3.75 ment. Samantha Yearwood, a sional guidance of Coach Chairman of the Board ing. work in Barbados, but also speak of multiple-intelli- student from the Garment- Derek Hurley,were hailed of Management, Desmond “There are skills that you to go anywhere there is a gences. Multiple-intelli- Making programme, was for their championship win Browne congratulated the are being taught now that chance to use your skill. gences is a new way of see- awarded for her first place last month. students and urged them can take you into new What you are being ing what the world is all win in the World Skills Also,over 20 students re- to recognise that they are areas of achievement, as trained to do must be about,therefore your skills, Barbados competition ceived certificates of living in an age where cre- well as contribution to soci- viewed as being interna- as well as your intelligence hosted at the SJPP; while achievement having at- ativity and innovation ety. Also, I wish that you tional and just local.” is the way to prepare for a the Under 19 football tained a grade point aver- counts more to some ex- don’t think of yourselves as “There are new ways of new future,” he pointed team, under the profes- age (GPA) of 3.75. tent, than academic learn- only being prepared to seeing education; they out. (TL) Series to highlight several issues PARTNERSHIPS from and violence would be ad- Page 1 dressed. Even though the impact Furthermore,she stated, of the problem of crime and “Caribbean nations are ful- violence is not the same filling their independent everywhere in the region, promise and achieving re- Gill asserted,“The primary sults on the various devel- economic sectors in the opment indicators. They Caribbean are particularly are becoming less of a focus vulnerable even if there for developing partners are low rates of insecurity.” like the UN, especially She noted,“National and when we are compared to international visitors alike crisis situations facing are not going to risk vaca- other regions in the world, tioning in the Caribbean if so it is particularly impor- there is a perception of rob- tant that development con- bery and sexual rape. cerns of the middle-income Domestic and foreign countries do not be glossed businesses are unlikely to over by simple assess- invest in countries where ments of averages.” on top of the normal cost Affirming that “…the of operating,they have the gains made in many core added cost of security.” From left: Janee Denny; Home Economics and Catering instructor, Winifred Banfield; Kerida Wellington; and sectors of the health and And she reiterated Kemar Husbands were awarded for their success at the ‘Junior Duelling Chef Challenge’ Agrofest 2014. education are under attack therefore, that going from the global financial forward with plans to crises;”Gill urged that “de- commence one season of velopment,of course,must the series in June this year, Renewable energy to be area of study be sustained if those gains it is imperative for the SKILLS TRAINING from of electric vehicles. vehicles in Barbados we Cosmetology remains a are to be maintained.” CBU to have “this kind of Back Page “Recently two have to train our staff, popular area of study Speaking on some of the partnership which targets members of our staff ensuring they have the with females, whereas issues which the six to a common problem of the He also indicated that were selected for knowledge and skills to male students continue eight episode season will 22 countries and two of the new areas training in the train others to maintain to focus on electrical showcase, Gill said that territories from which the being looked at for SJPP maintenance of the those vehicles.” installation, computer working in tandem with CBU’s Full and Associate will be in renewable electrical vehicles. With Belle further and network technology the UNDP, regional con- members are drawn”. energy and maintenance the purchase of electrical acknowledged that and mechanics. (TL) cerns about security,crime (KG)

6 • Saturday April 5, 2014 The Barbados Advocate Chairman disappointed with quality of crop By Jenique Belgrave

“WHAT goes into a factory, influences what is going to come out.” Issuing this reminder to fellow sugar cane farmers, Chairman of the Barbados Sugar Industries Limited Patrick Bethel expressed his disappointment with the quality of crop making its way to the grinder. He made the comments moments after watching several loads of cane being offloaded at the Portvale Sugar Factory while on tour Thursday morning with other board members. “I saw cane coming in this morning that really left a lot to be desired,” he lamented. Going so far as to describe some as “garbage”, he said better must be done in order to guarantee the high quality of the end Mechanical Engineer Naseer Ince as he spoke on the process of bagging the sugar. product. “Now I don’t know old expression from a in a lot of root material, a of the factory,” Bethel told appeal to our suppliers point that the better we where it came from, I’m computer saying ‘garbage lot of soil in particular, those gathered at the and to try and have a do, the better sugar we only speaking on the in, garbage out’, and it’s and a lot of tops and factory’s Blowers St. little chat with their can produce and the behalf of the independent the same thing with a trash, that does not make James location. operators, not as a better it is for all of us,” he growers, but there’s an sugar factory. If you send sugar, it takes sugar out “So I would like to criticism but just as to added. Community Plan to feed into Physical Development Plan CHIEF Town Planner, appointed by the Town going to be completed in submitted to his office, for Community Plan for the throughout this process… Mark Cummins says the and Country the month of October,that land totalling 1900 acres. area,” he said. When the Plan is Community Plan that has Development Planning is the word from the “As a result of that we To that end, he said the submitted to the Town been commissioned to Department to develop consultants,” he said. met with our then Plan is being carried out Planning Department, we determine the future the Community Plan, Cummins told the Minister, the late Prime in keeping with the Town again are required to have development of the lands which is expected to take sizeable gathering of Minister Thompson and it and Country Planning a public forum, but we will running from St. David’s, a total of ten months to residents and interested was agreed that since the Act, which sets out the not hold that public forum Christ Church to Six complete. persons who converged in growth of Eastern Christ procedures that must be until that Plan has been Roads, St. Philip has come “The intention is that the hall of the St. Patrick’s Church and St. Philip followed. He said once it is as widely circulated as at an important time, this Community Plan will Anglican Church, that the appeared to have taken submitted to the Town possible within the given that work is dovetail into the Physical Community Plan has off to such an extent that and Country different areas in the currently underway to Development Plan, so become necessary for two was outside of what we Development Planning communities – the amend the National that when the Physical main reasons, first that had projected in the Office, the public will churches, the libraries, Physical Development Development Plan is every census since 1970 Physical Development again be invited to be part the schools, as many Plan. amended we will also has shown that there has Plan, that in the best of another public meeting, places as possible so He made the comments have this Community been an increase in the interest of planning, in to agree with or oppose members of the while addressing those Plan being a part of it. population in Eastern the best interest of the any of the proposals that communities can read attending the community This Community Plan Christ Church and St. development of Barbados, have been made. aspects of it and then meeting put on by Ecoisle will be completed before Philip, and secondly,there in the best interest of “This meeting this importantly make Consulting Inc. and Open the Physical Development was significant number of sustainable development, afternoon is one of other representation and Plan, the consultants Plan, as I said this is change of use applications that we should have a meetings that will occur objections,” he said. (JRT) Concern over marijuana cultivation By Jenique Belgrave Bethel who told reporters other territories, it may protect their assets and it of turf and if we do not deal trash’s ability to hold that there were a myriad not be long before such is not unknown that you with this early, there are water, a fact which was IF more fields are placed of issues that could be growers took measures will have a little track parts of Barbados that crucial during bush fires, under sugar cane addressed as long as the into their own hands in leading to an area and none of us will be able to go as the blazes could not production, there will be sugar cane plant was put trying to protect their crop. there’s a pit dug on that because those people will spread rapidly throughout less opportunities for soil back into rotation. “What is dangerous track and covered over protect their property,” he such fields. erosion, bush fires, illegal Raising concerns about this is that in other that if you by chance walk outlined. He therefore stressed dumping and even especially on the growing Caribbean countries up in there or go to pursue In addition, Bethel the need to reduce the marijuana cultivation. cases of police discovering where marijuana is them, you will have a pointed out that roads number of abandoned So says Chairman of the areas under marijuana cultivated up in the hills, challenge because you will next to sugar cane fields fields across the country Barbados Sugar cultivation, he suggested the cultivators take drop in a pit.Then there is hardly flooded after by placing them under Industries Limited Patrick that in the same way as extraordinary measures to the question of protection downpours due to the cane legal crop production.

The Barbados Advocate Saturday April 5, 2014 • 7 St. Michael and All Angels Cathedral POLICE REPORTS

Mother and son on drug charges and was fined celebrating 225th anniversary and firearm related $6500.oo on the charge of charges Possession, to be paid by THE St. Michael and All economic times, funds Members of the Drug 4th July 2014. She was Angels Cathedral will towards the church’s Squad arrested and Convicted, Reprimanded this year be celebrating refurbishment project charged Shaqaan and Discharged on the its 225th anniversary were not coming in as Greenidge, 17 years of remaining charges of since the time of its quickly as one would have White Hall #3, St. Michael Cultivation and consecration. liked. for the offence of Unlawful Trafficking. According to The Very Despite this, Marshall Possession of a Firearm on Reverend Dean Frank said that the church Thursday 3 April 2014. Drug seizure Marshall, principal remained appreciative of Police executed a search On Thursday 3 April officiant during a those who were moved to warrant at the residence 2014,members of the Drug Harrison College give, and extended a and the firearm was Squad conducted a drug Founder’s Day Service heartfelt gratitude to the discovered. eradication programme as which took place at the Old Harrisonian Society Also, his mother Juanita part of the Force’s drive, church on Thursday, who presented him with a Greenidge 34 years of the seized 1388 cannabis being able to be present monetary donation of an same address was arrested plants under cultivation at and “still standing” for undisclosed sum, during and charged for the below Superlative, St. George. such a milestone was a yesterday’s service. mentioned drug related These plants were hidden significant Marshall encouraged offences committed on the 3 in a bushy area. No arrests achievement given the others to give, recognising The Very Rev Dean Frank Marshall (right) expressing April 2014 at the same were made. massive repairs its that it was also in the gratitude for a donation presented to him by a repre- residence: remains so badly in national interest to keep sentative of the Old Harrisonian Society during a Possession of 30 cannabis Court results need of. the church standing, alive Harrison College Founder’s Day Service held recently. plants. Cultivation; and Junior Willmount Hart, The Dean said that an and looking good, Trafficking. 37 years, of Division Drive, initial estimate of $10 particularly as it was one of and its Garrison. on several fronts for many Eden Lodge, St. Michael million was the figure the important landmarks The Cathedral and years. According to the The 30 cannabis plants who for the offence of quoted for repairs, within the UNESCO Harrison College, school, there is a tablet in were found under Murder in relation to the however, and perhaps a inscribed World Heritage neighbours in terms of the Cathedral in memory cultivation at the same shooting death of Shereece sign of the difficult Site Historic Bridgetown location, have been united of Thomas Harrison, home Whyte, a 22 year old Founder of the school; the They appeared at the Jamaican national, Masonic Building located Oistins Magistrates Court, appeared at the Oistins in the Cathedral Square Shaqaan Greenidge was Magistrates Court on Ministry preparing was once the first Harrison remanded until 24 April Friday 4 April 2014, and Free School; and a former 2014 to appear at the was remanded until 24 principal,H.A Dalton,was District A Magistrates April 2014,to appear at the a Canon of the Cathedral Court. Juanita Greenidge District A Magistrates demonstration farm from 1918 to 1924. (RS) pleaded guilty to the Court. THE Ministry of world”, said Reid. do it in a way which aided Agriculture,Food,Fisheries As it pertained to inter- the demise of a valuable and Water Resource sectoral linkages, the economic sector that “if Management is looking to Permanent Secretary was restructured and refocused US$1.7 million set up a demonstration of the view that “if the at the time, and with some farm at its headquarters agriculture sector [was] to innovative input, could not which will serve as a be effectively redeveloped have made us less practical, educational and remain sustainable, it vulnerable to the economic committed to NGOs arena for local farmers and [could not] be seen solely shocks”such as the current also an attraction for from the point of view of recession we were More than US$1.7 million committed over US$1.7 are around US$50 000 per tourists. just primary production”. struggling to recover from. was committed to non- million over the catchments grantee or per NGO. News of this came earlier He added, “It must be The Permanent governmental and co-financing and we However, we have some this week from the redeveloped within the secretary lauded to work of organisations (NGOs) by have several, very projects which are called Ministry’s Permanent context of a vertical various non-governmental the Global Environment innovative projects on the strategic projects which are Secretary Elsworth Reid integration within a support agencies such as Facility (GEF) for their ground.” implementing multiple who was at the time network system of agro- IICA, stating that without Small Grants Programme He stated that this was communities and involving making some remarks at a processors and guaranteed their help, Government (SGP) for 2013. the total amount. “Our multiple NGOs and these 2013 Accountability markets. This is where would not be able to This is according to David commitment directly from projects go up to US$150 Seminar for the Inter agro-processors will achieve its developmental Bynoe, the National our core funding was about 000.” American Institute for provide markets for goal. Coordinator, who spoke US$800 000, but when you He said that NGOs can Cooperation on Agriculture primary producers and the He added that he looked with the Barbados look at both, the core apply at any time of the (IICA). said primary producers forward to the continuing Advocate recently at their funding as well as the co- year for funding as they Reid described the and processors can be contribution of IICA in Grantee Project Inception financing, it was about have different operational proposed farm as one of guaranteed a secured work in the local Workshop at the UN US$1.7 million committed phases and they are about several tactics the ministry market within the tourism agricultural and fisheries House. towards those projects and to embark on a new phase. was hoping to use to be able sector and beyond the sector and that he intended He said that though this is across Barbados and “We are an open system to reinvigorate the borders of Barbados”. to call on its staff for financing for this year has several projects.” so you can apply at any agricultural sector and On agriculture and its technical support for small not started, last year they The grants which are time,but it is an operational highlighted the important link to economic revival, farmers and small agro- would have embarked on a generally allotted to each phase. Each operational of strengthening its Reid noted that processors in the cottage programme specifically for non-governmental phase would go for about linkages with redeveloping and industries. He explained this island, whereas before organisation (NGO) vary four years and this phase is manufacturing and revitalising the agriculture that this assistance would they would have had a according to the type of about to finish this year and tourism. sector would reduce the be to help them build the Caribbean-wide project that is being then we are going to go into “...it is hoped that the country’s vulnerability to necessary capacity that programme. implemented, but the a new operational phase farm will not only be used external economic shock would enable them the “In 2013, we would have amount given is for the life called Operational Phase to demonstrate traditional and ensure our food know-how to satisfy started the national of a project, which can vary Six, which starts next year and nontraditional crops security. With the gradual standards in the areas of programme here for from one to two years. June.” and farm management give-away from agriculture packaging, labeling and Barbados. Previously we However, the GEF tries to He added that in order to techniques to farmers but it to services as the new marketing so that they had a sub-regional ensure that the project is apply, you need to be a would be set out in a way economic king of Barbados, could break into the export programme in Barbados kept to one year,said Bynoe. registered NGO or partner that it can also be used as a Reid submitted that he market and also satisfy the and the OECS. This “On average, grants are with a registered NGO, as tourist attraction site as is sometimes wondered domestic market and national programme now in around US$25 000 to they only deal with these done with demonstration whether in taking that international standards. the first year was extremely US$30 000, but our type of organisations. farms in certain parts of the path, the country did not (RS) successful. We would have maximum normal grants (PJT)

8 • Saturday April 5, 2014 The Barbados Advocate ‘For the cause that lacks assistance, ’Gainst the wrongs that need resistance, For the future in the distance, And the good that I can do’ Editorial Nope... not yet By Nigel Wallace most circumstances, all However,she believes that baby steps – pun intended The value of a things being equal, “y” is sunrise is her cue for – maybe I will one day see SO we’ve been asked to sire generally less than “x”. breakfast and the wisdom in assisting in more offspring by a certain When we say it takes a companionship and adding to the population of fresh perspective Minister of Government village to raise a child they therefore sleeping in is not our island. and while many will be were definitely referring to an option. If I’m getting Until that day, I will INNOVATE, innovate, innovate. quick to do away with the my two nephews whose frustrated with a kitten enjoy sleeping in until I This has been the mantra that businesses are prophylactics and pills and favourite line to deliver to who pushed through the hear a scratch and meow constantly asked to adopt, especially in this age of do their part for their Uncle anytime he plays baby years and into at my bedroom door and rapidly evolving technologies, changing consumer country, I’ve decided to any sort of game with them adolesence in a few short not a wail coming through tastes and fluctuating economic conditions.Across conduct some very specific is, “Do it again!”. I’ve months, and frustration is a baby monitor. the globe, many companies invest millions in research into my own learned to quickly to turn already building with I should at this point research and development, looking for the ‘next big preparedness for offspring. games of catch into games regard to my sleeping note that my sister cruelly thing’ that will keep them ahead of the With my pending of fetch for the cycle,what would a human brought my kitten a very competition. However,many will agree that being nuptials literally around preservation of my own baby mean? special gift.It’s a stick with innovative is easier said than done. For innovation the corner (on that note, limited energy reserves. Now I know every a little mouse on a string does not end at just devising a new idea, but in this will be my last column In any case, my sister’s parent out there is that squeeks when being able to implement it successfully and have for the next month or so) family isn’t my only chuckling at my naiveté touched.What a lovely and it achieve its intended targets. and my sister and her opportunity for a bit of self- and I’ve been told time and thoughtful present. Now That said, it all begins with the idea. This in family in for the discovery and I have time again that things are not only do I have itself can seem a daunting task – as creatures of celebrations, I’ve decided recently acquired a rescued different when the child is scratching at the door at habit, it can be difficult to conceptualise a whole to place a more scrutinous kitten from the RSPCA, yours. I’ve even had one 5:30 in the morning, but new approach. However, dismantling an entire eye not only on the actions something I would parent tell me that the consistent squeeking in the systema dn replacing it with something else is of my 4 and 7-year-old encourage everyone who poop and vomit is much house during kitten not always necessary to achieve innovation and nephews, but also the has the space, time and less offensive from your playtimes, which occur realise meaningful gains. In fact, a recent report general psychological well- finance available for proper own offspring. I await this roughly every two hours or in the international media showed how sometimes being of my sister and care to do (and that refers level of parental so. Perhaps this is my we can achieve significant progress by making brother-in-law. to all animals, not just ascendance to make an sister’s cryptic way of simple tweaks to what already exists. Now while my kittens). informed comment, but all preparing me for the road According to reports, a 14-year-old Pittsburgh investigations haven’t After going through the I know is that I’m still ahead. student, Suvir Mirchandani, carried out a study turned up anything of early phases of litter enjoying the freedom that A special prayer goes out that concluded that the US federal government earth-shattering interest, training (lots of poop on the just having a kitten brings. to all you parents out there, could save millions of dollars annually simply by I would like to highlight ground) and scratching With my back fence being and a prayer of wisdom using a thinner typeface in its printing to reduce one of the main realities of post training (an ongoing put up and secured right also comes down on those the amount of its budget spent on ink.As explained parenthood in a simple issue) things have begun now,maybe I will move on who have yet to embark on in the Associated Press report: “In the new paper, formula. Little boys have to move more smoothly to a puppy next. I’ve such a journey. There is ‘A Simple Printing Solution to Aid Deficit energy represented by “x”. and now my little ball of managed to sustain the life much to consider, and Reduction,’ Suvir analyzed five documents Parents have energy fluff is much larger and of the plant my mother money is but a piece in a produced by five US government agencies and represented by “y”. Under beginning her adolesence. gave me last year and with large and intricate puzzle. estimated how much ink would be used with three typefaces: Garamond, Times New Roman and Century Gothic.The analysis estimated that using Nigeria poised to become Africa’s biggest economy 12-point Garamond would save about 29 per cent in ink costs.”The report went onto note that the US LAGOS – Nigeria could development, noting that Group, added: “In term of over five per cent between Government Printing Office praised the teen’s leap-frog South Africa to South Africa was still way infrastructure and strong 2005 and 2008-9 in South work and said it would review its become Africa’s biggest ahead in terms of GDP per monitoring systems, South Africa, which has recommendations. economy this weekend, capita, infrastructure and Africa is still a giant, miles struggled to go beyond 3.5 The simplicity of this money-saving solution is when the results of a new governance. ahead of Nigeria.” per cent since. astonishing. And yet, so many have overlooked it. way of calculating national Although pockets of vast United Nations Figures for the telecoms output are announced. wealth exist, the last statisticians recommend and film sectors are likely Useful lesson Government available World Bank that countries rebase their to be seized upon as an This is a lesson that can many can draw from, statisticians will unveil figures from 2010 gross domestic product indication of how much especially business persons who are continuously the new figures tomorrow, indicated that a calculations every five Nigeria’s economy has searching for new ways of streamlining their with widespread staggering 84.5 percent of years to reflect changes in changed since the last operations and increasing their profitability. expectations that their Nigeria’s 170 million the structure of production calculation of GDP was Another point to note is that this novel idea came recalculations will people lived on less than and consumption. carried out. from a young person, still in school, and not from catapult the continent’s $2 a day. But Nigeria has not Pat Utomi, professor of a high-paid management expert. We are not most populous nation into Key services such as recalculated GDP since political economy at the suggesting that one should suddenly devalue the the top spot. electricity and water 1990. Lagos Business School, experience and education of the latter, but rather The figures, which will provision remain Africa’s leading crude said Nigerian that one should not undervalue the contributions include new and fast- notoriously poor. producer has enjoyed high policymakers would likely that newer members of one’s workforce may have developing sectors such as “Nothing will really rates of growth, seize on the new figures. to make. Indeed, in some situations, it takes a telecoms and the local film change in real time. It is notwithstanding But he added: “For the fresh perspective to spot the inefficiencies in a industry, Nollywood, not as if everyone is going widespread corruption, average person on the system that a more experienced person might should give foreign to have twice as much poor governance, rampant street, it really does not overlook. investors a better picture salary,” Chuba Ezekwesili, oil theft and a raging have any meaning. Innovation is always of benefit to a business of the country’s economy. an analyst with the Islamist insurgency in the “To a very large extent, operation, but in these times of economic Some predictions say Nigeria Economic Summit north. Nigeria remains a poor constraints and shrinking opportunities it is the revision could see the group, told AFP. The annual growth rate country with very serious especially important to be able to adopt new size of Nigeria’s economy “It (the rebasing) is averaged 6.8 per cent from infrastructural strategies that will keep businesses afloat and increase by as much as 60 really more cosmetic in 2005 to 2013 and the challenges... perhaps even flourishing. Even more important per cent, taking it from nature. But, we do think it economy is projected to “The focus should be on are those new ideas that not only do not require $264 billion past South will increase investment grow this year at a rate of how to transform the huge additional expenditure, but can actually bring Africa’s $384 billion. opportunity in Nigeria.” 7.4 per cent, according to human capital available in savings! But analysts cautioned Dawie Roodt, chief the International the country to output that This lesson is also applicable to the management against viewing the new economist at the South Monetary Fund. will help to reduce poverty of households, which are mini-economies figures as a sign of Africa-based Efficient That compares to a little and create jobs.” themselves. We hope that the story of young

Mirchandani’s innovation will inspire others to News Editor: Dorian Bryan Managing Editor: Yajaira Archibald be similarly creative and take a fresh look at how Business Editor: Jewel Brathwaite Executive Editor: Gillian Marshall Telephone: 467-2000 News Fax: 434-1000 they can improve their situation, both at home and Sports Editor: Corey Greaves General Manager: Sandra Clarke E-mail Address: [email protected] in the workplace. Hello! Editor: Nigel Wallace Assistant Managing Director: Sean Eteen Website: www.barbadosadvocate.com Publisher: Anthony T. Bryan The Barbados Advocate Saturday April 5, 2014 • 9 Tourist drowns attempting daredevil swim in rough sea off St Thomas ST THOMAS, US Virgin 2,000 feet off the coast of Coast Guard Sector San Thatch Cay where he re- Castrodad said. “We were weekend were the result Islands – An American St Thomas. Juan, said the federal ported spending the able to recover the body of a severe winter storm, tourist’s Caribbean vaca- Handley, 47, and his agency got the call that a night and then got to St and transfer the person generating hurricane- tion abruptly ended in companion braved swimmer was reported Thomas the next day and to DPNR [Department of force winds, in the north- tragedy when he treacherous conditions to missing the next made the report.” Planning and Natural eastern United States. drowned while attempt- make the crossing, with day. At the time the Coast Resources] personnel via Local conditions were at ing a challenging swim in rough sea and a high surf “We got a call around Guard was providing boat to boat transfer.” their worst on Friday, rough water off advisory in effect. 10:00 a.m. Sunday of an support for the St The Coast Guard offi- when a buoy six miles St Thomas at the week- According to officials, individual that had gone Thomas International cer said that the body north of Puerto Rico end. the two men set off swimming with a friend Regatta on the East End, was found near Thatch recorded 13-foot James Handley of around 4:00 p.m. with the in the area of Coki Point,” and diverted a vessel Cay. waves. South Ogden, Utah came intention of swimming to Castrodad told Virgin from the regatta to help “It’s a very unfortunate A high surf advisory,is- to grief last Saturday Thatch Cay and back, but Islands Daily News. look for Handley. incident to take place, sued when breaking when he and another they became separated in “They were caught in “Around 11:00 a.m., we and our hearts go out to waves reach 10 feet or man attempted to swim a current. the current and sepa- located the body of the the family and loved more, was nevertheless in from Coki Point to Thatch Ricardo Castrodad, rated and the survivor other swimmer who had ones,” he added. effect throughout the Cay, a small island about spokesman for the US was able to make it to been reported missing,” The high seas over the weekend. Massive fire breaks out after fuel boat explodes in Guyana A FUEL boat this morn- houses and small shops. ing exploded at Turn Stabroek News was Basin, Port Kaituma, told that residents had Guyana and at least three formed a water brigade smaller boats and six and were fighting to keep nearby buildings have the flames from spreading been destroyed. to nearby buildings. A resident explained Pumps were also being that around 7:30 am a fuel used to get water to the boat which was moored at fire scene. the wharf exploded and At the waterfront, build- was quickly engulfed in ings are very close to- flames. The fire, the resi- gether. dent said, spread to at Over the years residents least three smaller fuel have been calling for a fire boats which were moored station in the area.This is alongside it. According to the second fuel boat to the resident, the fire then have exploded in recent spread to at least six times. A lot of fuel is buildings on the water moved between Venezuela front. These buildings the and Guyana and Port resident said served as Kaituma is a transit point. The fire at the Port Kaituma waterfront, Guyana. Belize: Indigenous communities welcome Antigua and Brazil sign court ruling against US company defence agreement BELMOPAN,Belize – The ing the charge to say it is he said of the lawsuit cluded the Belize govern- BRAZIL AND Antigua the accord, said that it Sarstoon Temash Institute time to draw a line in the brought by SATIM along ment in its legal challenge. and Barbuda have signed would also provide sup- for Indigenous Manage- sand,” said Greg Ch’oc, with four Mayan commu- SATIIM says it is re- a framework agreement port for the continued de- ment, (SATIM), has wel- SATIM’s executive direc- nities. sponsible for the manage- outlining cooperation in velopment of the Antigua comed a court ruling in the tor. The Mayas had argued ment of the national park the field of defence. Barbuda Defence Force’s long drawn out battle to He said the case against that their people have been and is the legal representa- Antigua’s National Urban Search and prevent a United States- the Belize government and kept out of the SATIM na- tive of the communities Security Minister Rescue capabilities. based oil company drilling the US Capital Energy in tional park while US that are joining it in the Dr Errol Cort says the A government state- within the national park. the Sarstoon-Temash Capital Energy was being legal action. signing of the agreement ment said that a “The world has long suf- National Park, which is given the green light to op- The group claims that has created a viable high ranking delegation fered the indignities of oil also part of the communi- erate on the land. the company is preparing medium of support for from Brazil is to development on indige- ties’ land,is a good place to SATIM and the other to drill for oil within the the soon to be established visit Antigua and nous cultures. It is time, start. groups claim that US national park and has con- Caribbean Maritime Barbuda to further and we have demonstrated SATIM and the indige- Capital Energy has started structed a massive access School of Excellence. discuss implementing as a community, as an or- nous people are saying not, exploration work within road leading to that drill Cort, who paid a four- the objectives of the ganization, SATIM, lead- here,not now,not this way,” the park and has also in- site within the park. day visit to Brazil to sign agreement.

Partly cloudy with some brief scattered showers.

High: 7:08 am & 8:37 pm London: 11°C FAIR Yesterday: 0.0 mm Boston: 05°C CLOUDY Low: 12:48 am For the month: 0.2 mm Max: 29.1 °C Montreal: 07°C OVERCAST & 2:02 pm For the year: 154.6 mm Min: 24.2 °C Toronto: 06° OVERCAST / LIGHT RAIN / MIST New York: 05°C OVERCAST / LIGHT DRIZZLE Miami: 27°C FAIR 5:52 am 6:10 pm 10 • Saturday April 5, 2014 The Barbados Advocate T&T government says it will abide by laws of other countries – as attempts are made to secure release of nationals in Venezuela PORT OF SPAIN, ernment of failing to en- cure the release of the had arrived in Caracas to Trinidad – Foreign sure the release of three men and said also that secure visas at the Saudi Affairs Minister Muslim leaders, who are President Anthony Arabian consulate for Winston Dookeran being held in Caracas Carmona should have Trinidadians wishing to yesterday said that amid charges of an alleged sent a letter to his go to the Hajj pilgrimage. while the Trinidad and plot to overthrow the gov- Venezuelan counterpart But in a statement to Tobago would con- ernment of President outlining his concerns at Parliament, Dookeran tinue its diplomatic Nicolas Maduro. the arrest. said that “in our relations efforts to ensure the The three Muslin lead- Media reports here said with other states release of several ers – Salam Abdul, Hamza that the Venezuelan au- including Venezuela, nationals held in Mohammad and Sheikh thorities had seized mili- while making representa- Venezuela, it has no Hamid Hassan – are tary-style uniforms and tions on behalf of our choice but “to abide by among five Trinidad and Jihadist videos from the citizens, we must also the laws of that state”. Tobago nationals that Trinidad and Tobago abide by the laws of that Chairman of the Venezuelan authorities al- group and had also confis- state. Muslim Social and lege had teamed up with cated US$102,000 in cash “ I assure you that all Cultural Foundation rogue Venezuelan police and 66 passports that diplomatic efforts are Inshan Ishmael led follow- officers and other men to were in the possession of being made and we will ers in a demonstration carry out the plan. one of the three Imams continue to provide sup- outside the Venezuelan Ishmael told reporters who insist they were port for citizens who in Embassy there yesterday, that he found it strange not connected to the their lawful pursuits are accusing the coalition that Dookeran had not group. affected by these develop- People’s Partnership gov- travelled to Caracas to se- The Imams said they ments,” he added. Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Dookeran Jamaica finance minister presents J$539.35 billion dollar budget KINGSTON, Jamaica – tion of the sum will go to- stronger than it was a turing the economy, and The Jamaica government wards meeting Jamaica’s year ago, evidenced by improving the governance has presented a J$539.35 debt obligations. three consecutive quarters system for the benefit of billion (One Jamaica dol- The Ministry of of growth. Jamaicans. lar =US$0.004 cents) but Education gets the second Sir Patrick, delivering In March 2014, the to Parliament on largest sum with J$78.2 the traditional Throne Portia Simpson Miller Thursday with debate on billion for recurrent ex- Speech at the start of the government successfully the fiscal package sched- penses and J$2.1 billion new parliamentary ses- met the third review of uled for April 17. for capital spending. sion, said that despite the Jamaica’s economic per- Finance Minister Dr. Ministry of National global economy remaining formance under the Peter Phillips presented Security has received sluggish, the Government Extended Fund Facility the estimates for the 2014- J$47.17 billion for recur- has stayed the course with with the International 15 fiscal year, with rent expenditure and its economic policies. Monetary Fund (IMF) re- J$404.6 billion earmarked $3.20 billion for capital, “Tough decisions had to sulting in a further draw- for Recurrent expenses while the Ministry of be made. In doing so, the down of US$71.4 million. and J$134.6 billion for Health gets J$35.97 bil- Government relied on the “To date, the Capital spending. lion for recurrent ex- understanding, resilience Government has met all The figure represents penses and $903 million and goodwill of the quantitative fiscal and an increase of J$39 billion for capital projects. Jamaican people. Our peo- monetary performance over the revised Estimates The Standing Finance ple have shown an aware- criteria under the pro- for 2013/14, which were Committee of the House ness of the prevailing eco- gramme.. tabled as the First will consider the nomic conditions. They “For many decades, Supplementary Estimates Estimates of Expenditure have demonstrated their Jamaica has borrowed too in February. from April 8-10, and willingness to make the much and saved too little. The Ministry of Finance Phillips will open the sacrifices to get our econ- In order to build a re- and Planning has been al- Budget Debate on omy on the right path, silient economy, we must located the largest sum, Thursday,April 17. Sir Patrick said that de- reduce our debt to man- Finance Minister Dr. Peter Phillips presented the with J$197.6 billion for re- Meanwhile, Governo0r spite the challenges, the ageable levels. As a coun- estimates for the 2014-15 fiscal year, with current expenses and General Sir Patrick Allen Government is meeting try, we must begin to live J$404.6 billion earmarked for Recurrent expenses J$102.3 billion for capital said that said that the obligations to its interna- within our means,” Sir and J$134.6 billion for Capital spending. expenditure. A large por- local economy was tional partners, restruc- Patrick added. Jamaica murder rate declines for first quarter 2014 KINGSTON, Jamaica – Parliament on Thursday, Speaking under the would eliminate duplica- This will include com- courage positive social be- Jamaica recorded a 12 per Sir Patrick said that there theme,“Going for Growth: tion in the command munication, palm and fin- haviour and promote a cent decline in murders had also been a 13 per cent Creating Opportunities”, structure and release gerprint identification, safer, gentler society. during the first quarter of decline in the overall cat- Sir Patrick said that the more personnel for opera- and cyber forensic sys- “This important preven- this year, Governor egory of serious crimes. long contemplated merger tional duty. tems. tion initiative was born General Sir Patrick Allen According to the head of of the Jamaica Additionally, the The Governor-General out of the realisation that has said. state, fatal police shoot- Constabulary Force (JCF) Governor-General noted made special mention of violence is the outcome of Last year, Jamaica ings for the first quarter of and the Island Special that significant capital in- the Unite for Change dysfunction at many dif- recorded 1,200 murders as 2014 had dropped by over Constabulary Force vestment would be made (UFC) initiative, which ferent levels in the society, compared to 1,097 in 2012. 50 per cent, reflecting bet- (ISCF) had been approved this fiscal year to upgrade was implemented in including family, school, Delivering the tradi- ter operational planning by Cabinet and will be im- the technology available December 2013. It is community, social serv- tional Throne Speech at and improved community plemented this fiscal year. for the investigations and aimed at building a na- ices, and popular culture,” the start of the new co-operation. He said the merger operations of the police. tional movement to en- he told legislators.

The Barbados Advocate Saturday April 5, 2014 • 11 Chile: Haitian President Some services reshuffles cabinet again restored PORT-AU-PRINCE – The to the Organization of American ated by the Roman Catholic Haitian Government has States (OAS), Duly Brutus, and Church. after quake reshuffled its Cabinet for Miami Consul General Francois According to a report in the IQUIQUE, Chile – Chilean offi- the fifth time since Guillaume, have also joined the Miami Herald, the ongoing cri- cials said yesterday that water, President Michel Martelly Cabinet. Brutus, who celebrates sis had triggered anti-govern- fuel, electricity and other essen- assumed office in 2011. 10 years at the OAS this month, ment protests and discontent in tial services are being re- The latest Cabinet reshuffle will serve as foreign minister, the country,which is still strug- established three days after a is seen as part of a political deal replacing Pierre-Richard gling to recover from its devas- powerful magnitude-8.2 earth- to help build confidence in up- Casimir. tating January 2010 earth- quake and hundreds of after- coming elections. Guillaume has been ap- quake. shocks that have rattled the The changes include several pointed minister in charge of On Tuesday night, Haiti’s country’s far northern regions. new faces in the government, Haitians Living Abroad. His ap- Chamber of Deputies took a piv- But pockets of poor people liv- and the return of a familiar one pointment comes 10 months otal step towards elections by ing in substandard housing – that of former Minister of after fellow South Florida resi- unanimously passing a draft were still suffering the brunt of Economy and Finance Marie- dent Bernice Fidelia resigned electoral law setting the ground President Michel Martelly the disaster. Carmelle Jean-Marie. after a Senate investigation into rules for balloting in the fall. The government also issued a Jean-Marie returns to the job her nationality. The Senate will now vote on cent of the slate be female, in- three-month health alert for the a year after she abruptly re- The Cabinet is part of a pack- the draft, but the Herald said stead they agreed that the quake-hit regions. It grants of- signed amid frustrations over age of agreements the executive, six of the 20 members have ob- government provide financial ficials more resources to avoid how the country’s shoestring fi- parliament and some opposition jected to the political deal. incentives to political parties the spread of infectious diseases nances were being handled. parties signed off on after two Deputies also agreed to re- to encourage female participa- by coping with trash and con- Haiti’s long-time ambassador months in negotiations medi- move a requirement that 30 per- tion. taminated water from rotting fish in port cities. “There will not be any fuel supply problems in any of the Cuba’s official media abuzz over ‘secret Twitter’ regions affected by the quake HAVANA – Revelations of a se- and drinking water services are cret US government pro- being re-established,” presiden- grammne to set up a cellphone- tial spokesman Alvaro Elizalde based social network in Cuba are told reporters in the capital, being trumpeted in the island’s Santiago, after President official media as proof of Bachelet and her Cabinet met Havana’s repeated allegations to discuss the emergency. that Washington is waging a “Water connection has “cyber-war” to try to stir up un- reached a relatively high point, rest. but we still have a way to go so The findings of an Associated that all cities can count on these Press investigation, published basic services.” Thursday,featured prominently Water, power and other basic on multiple Cuban state TV services had yet to return to newscasts and occupied a full Alto Hospicio, a poor area in the page in Communist Party news- hills above Iquique that was paper Granma yesterday. They one of the worst-hit by the also were to be the focus of the quake, which killed six people nightly two-hour news analysis in all. About 2,600 homes were show “Mesa Redonda,” or damaged there and the main “Roundtable.” road connecting it to Iquique State news agency Prensa has been blocked by debris after Latina recalled a Jan.1 speech in Students gather behind a business looking for a Internet signal for their smart phones in massive landslides. which President Raul Castro Havana, Cuba, Tuesday, April 1, 2014. “The bricks began falling warned of “attempts to subtly in- with the quake and aftershocks, troduce platforms for neoliberal mission of the US Agency for for hummingbird,operated from ernment has not renounced its and I was left looking at my thought and for the restoration of International Development, 2009 until it vanished in plans of subversion against neighbor through a huge crack neocolonial capitalism.” which oversaw it. 2012. Cuba.” in the wall,” said Aide Reyes, “Castro’s denunciations of the They said it did not amount to Some 40,000 island cellphone Cuba has one of the lowest 60, who has been sleeping in a US government’s destabilizing a “covert” operation, although users signed up and used Internet penetration rates in the tent at a makeshift camp attempts against Cuba were cor- they said the government takes ZunZuneo to receive and send world, though the country has outside Alto Hospicio with her roborated by today’s revelation steps to maintain discretion text messages,mostly innocuous taken small steps to expand ac- children and her month’s old of a plan to push Cuban youth to- when working in “non-permis- jokes or snippets of international, cess. Last year it opened about grandson. ward the counterrevolution,with sive environments” such as sports and entertainment news. 200 cyber-cafes around the coun- Her neighbors shared cook- the participation of a U.S. Cuba. However the AP revealed that try, though at $4.50 an hour, ing pots as well as the little food agency,” Prensa Latina said. Documents obtained by the AP the network, built using secret many Cubans are effectively they had. “We have no water or US officials defended the pro- showed that the network,dubbed shell companies and financed priced out. The government also electricity since the first quake,” gramme as being in line with the ZunZuneo after the Cuban word through a foreign bank,sought to controls nearly all traditional Reyes said. “There’s no bread first build an audience of mostly media. and we’re trying to buy wheat young people and then nudge If Internet access remains rare to make tortillas.” them toward dissent. and precious,cellphone use is in- In Iquique, a port city of Venezuelan opposition “ZunZuneo joins an extensive creasingly common among the nearly 200,000 people, small- list of secret anti-Cuban opera- island’s population of 11 million. scale fishermen continued to tions” including the failed Bay of Official statistics say there were recover the little that was left formally charged Pigs invasion of 1961 and plots to about 1.8 million active Cuban from boats damaged by quake- CARACAS, Venezuela – Jailed make the case for keeping Lopez assassinate Fidel Castro,Prensa mobile accounts in 2012, com- spawned waves and called for opposition leader Leopoldo in custody. The Harvard-edu- Latina said. pared with 400,000 in 2007. government help. Lopez was formally charged yes- cated Lopez has become a cause In a statement late Thursday, On the streets of Havana,some Soldiers kept a close watch terday for allegedly inciting vio- celebre among opponents of Josefina Vidal,director of U.S.af- echoed their government’s com- on supermarkets and gas lence at an anti-government President Nicolas Maduro dur- fairs at Cuba’s Foreign Ministry, plaints about U.S. interference stations to prevent looting as protest that kicked off weeks of ing the month and a half he has demanded that Washington halt and ZunZuneo. many people continued to line unrest across Venezuela. spent in a military prison outside “its illegal and clandestine ac- “Coming from them (the up yesterday for gasoline, water Chief prosecutor Luisa Ortega the capital.The unrest has so far tions against Cuba.”She said the United States), nothing can sur- and food. Schools remained Diaz announced the charges a led to at least 35 deaths, most of ZunZuneo case “shows once prise us anymore,” said 25-year- closed and hospitals have been day before the legal deadline to them after Lopez was arrested. again that the United States gov- old Claudia Garcia. handling only emergencies.

12 • Saturday April 5, 2014 The Barbados Advocate Fort Hood shooter angered when told to come back next day THE soldier who The gunfire sent people opened fire at Fort in the room scurrying for Hood became enraged cover. after an employee “They dove for cover be- wouldn’t give him a hind desks and tables leave of absence form, only after he had shot and according to the father killed one person and in- of one of the soldiers jured my son,” Theodis he shot. Westbrook said. Sgt. Jonathan West- Theodis Westbrook did- brook was struck four n’t speak to his son until times in the spray of bul- seven hours later. lets, but was able to tell “I love you,” the relieved his father the shooter be- dad said he told his son. came agitated after an Despite his wounds, employee asked him to Westbrook was released Sgt. Jonathan Westbrook was wounded during a shooting at Fort Hood on April 2, 2014 in Killeen, Texas. come back the next day. from the hospital today. The killer returned with “My son is a blessed when Lopez came in ask- story. He then shot sev- Chris Grey, spokesman tors have turned up “no a gun, said Theodis human being,” Westbrook ing for leave of absence eral other people, includ- for the US Army Criminal history of criminal activ- Westbrook, recounting his said. “He is blessed. He form. When the supervi- ing her brother. Investigation Command, ity or convictions”. son’s story. was shot pretty close up.” sor asked Lopez if he Ten of the 16 wounded said there is still “no con- Among the dead is Sgt. The shooter, Spc. Ivan could come back the next have been released from crete motive”. Timothy Owens, 37. Mom Lopez, killed three sol- Premeditated? day,Lopez looked exasper- hospitals, Lt. Gen Mark “We may never know Mary Muntean was still diers and wounded 16 be- The wounded soldier’s ated and walked off, the Milley said at a press con- why the alleged shooter celebrating being re- fore being confronted by a sister, Ameetra Wes- sister said. ference yesterday. did what he did,” Grey united with the daughter military police officer and tbrook-Otis, added details But he was back within Authorities said they said. she had given up for adop- killed himself. from her brother’'s story minutes and started don’t believe Lopez’s ram- New details emerged tion when she heard the Sgt. Westbrook was when she told reporters shooting. The first person page was premeditated, about Lopez. He was a po- news. among the first shot, twice that her brother was shot was the supervisor, but Milley did say it was lice officer in his native Her euphoria at finding in the arm and twice in working in the Human Westbrook-Otis said re- likely the result of an “es- Puerto Rico for 10 years, her daughter was cut the chest. Resources Department counting her brother’s calating argument.” and Grey said investiga- short by losing her son. Man says wife froze to death in morgue

A CALIFORNIA man is ory,according to court doc- White Memorial Medical case, including that [Ma- suing the doctor who de- uments: Maria Arroyo had Centre said it was hospital ria Arroyo] suffered a car- clared his wife dead, been “prematurely de- policy “not to comment on diac event and received re- claiming she was alive in clared dead” and “frozen pending litigation or to suscitative measures that the morgue and struggling alive” in the hospital’s provide details about any were ultimately unsuc- to escape as she froze to freezer. She “eventually of our patients out of re- cessful, [she] was pro- death. woke up” due to the ex- spect for their privacy and nounced dead after both Guadalupe Arroyo ini- treme cold and “damaged that of their families”. clinical evidence and diag- tially thought the lifeless her face and turned her- “However, we wish to nostic evidence confirmed body of his wife, Maria, self face down as she note that we continue to she had in fact died and had been banged up by struggled unsuccessfully disagree with the allega- [she] laid motionless for staff at White Memorial to escape her frozen tomb,” tions being made,” spokes- several hours in the hospi- Medical Centre in Los the expert said woman Alicia Gonzalez tal (with family present Angeles. Morticians found Now,Arroyo is suing Dr. said in a statement. “We for part of that time) with- the body face-down in the John Plosay and White followed all proper proto- out exhibiting any signs of metal morgue compart- Memorial Medical Centre cals [sic] in this matter life before being transpor- ment with bruises and medical for negligence and and are confident that ted to the morgue,” Deane cuts so severe that no the wrongful death of his once the facts of the case said in a statement. amount of makeup could wife in July 2010.The hos- are reviewed we will pre- “We are confident that mask them, according to pital has moved to dismiss vail in court.” the evidence will establish court documents. the lawsuit, which was that the treating doctor at The 80-year-old mother filed in May 2012, on the Followed protocol all times acted appropri- of eight, who was declared grounds that the one-year Ryan Deane, an attor- ately and in keeping with dead from cardiac arrest, statute of limitations had ney representing Plosay, the standard of care for an also had a broken nose. expired. But an appeals echoed the hospital’s emergency room physi- Arroyo and his children court ruled Wednesday statement that his client cian.” sued the hospital for neg- that the suit could move had followed protocol. Earlier this year, a ligence, claiming staff forward because the med- “We do not believe that Mississippi man woke up “mishandled” his wife’s re- ical expert’s “frozen alive” the plaintiffs can compe- in a body bag as funeral mains. But a medical ex- theory didn’t emerge until tently and credibly ex- home workers prepared to pert called to testify in the December 2011. plain away the medical re- embalm him. The man Sgt. Patrick Miller is among the soldiers wounded case had a different the- A spokeswoman for alities of this unfortunate died two weeks later. during the Fort Hood shooting.

The Barbados Advocate Saturday April 5, 2014 • 13 Fear of violence shadows Afghanistan’s provinces Pinger locator MAIDAN SHAHR, Af- go to the polls. Many have thousands of police offi- us leave our homes, and ghanistan – As Afghans already decided that the cers have been stationed they will track us down.” head out to vote for their danger is too great. to secure the presidential Gharat is one of many deployed in next president today, vio- On Thursday, Hiran election. But 90 miles to Afghans who move daily lence is expected to be in- Gharat was on his way the south, where he and between the nucleus of the tense and widespread. But home from the sprawling his friends were headed, country’s security infra- the risks won’t be dis- capital, with its sea of voters will be afforded no structure and its rural pe- plane search persed evenly. campaign billboards, to such protection. riphery. The rift between Just a short drive from Ghazni province – a trip “If we vote, the Taliban those two worlds has THE hunt for missing the satellite data. Kabul, close enough for a that took him from Af- will cut our fingers off,” rarely been wider as Malaysia Airlines flight It was based on work re- daily commute, hundreds ghanistan’s most fortified said Gharat, 20, a student Kabul residents prepare MH370 moved into a new garding “how the aircraft of thousands of potential city to one of its most vul- at Kabul University, for a day at the polls and phase yesterday with the might have performed voters will have to face nerable villages. speaking at this city along people elsewhere prepare deployment of a towed and how it might have down the Taliban if they Behind him, in Kabul, the route. “They will see to hunker down. pinger locator to find the been flown”, to choose the black box. “area of highest probabil- Two ships with locator ity as to where it might capabilities are searching have entered the water”. a 240km (150 mile) path He pointed out that this AP journalist killed, in a bid to retrieve the data was continuing to be data recorder. refined, but the current But Australia’s search search was based on the chief said it was a race “best data that is avail- another wounded on eve of against time as the bat- able”. tery-powered signal fades Given the progress in after 30 days. data evaluation and cal- The plane disappeared culation, “there is some Afghan elections on March 8 en route from hope we will find the air- Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. craft in the area we are It was carrying 239 peo- searching”, he added. KABUL, Afghanistan – ple. The two ships will be An Associated Press It is believed to have moving at reduced speeds, photographer was shot crashed in the southern of around three knots, in to death on the eve of Indian Ocean, although their attempt to detect Afghanistan’s elec- no confirmed debris has any signal from the tions, in an attack that been found from the pinger. wounded the news plane. Commodore Peter Lea- agency’s long-time re- The search is being co- vy, Commander of Joint porter in the region. ordinated from the city of Task Force 658, said that Anja Niedringhaus, 48, Perth in Western Austra- search operations gener- a Pulitzer Prize-winning lia. ally preferred to use German photographer, Fourteen aircraft and 11 “physical evidence” and died in the shooting yes- ships were involved in “drift modelling” to locate terday in Afghanistan’s yesterday’s search activi- a plane. eastern Khost province, ties. However, “no hard evi- the AP said. Ships sighted a number dence has been found to The attack injured of objects in the area but date so we have made the Kathy Gannon, a Cana- none were associated with decision to search a sub- dian reporter based in the missing plane, the co- surface area on which the Islamabad, who was in ordination agency said. analysis has predicted stable condition and get- MH370 is likely to have ting medical treatment, ‘Highest probability’ flown,” he said. according to the AP. Angus Houston, head of In a statement, JACC Gannon, 60, has reported the Joint Agencies Co-or- said the focus was now on on Pakistan and Afghanis- dination Centre (JACC) a search area of about tan since the 1980s. leading the search, said 217 000 sq km (84,000 sq “Anja and Kathy to- that two ships had “com- miles), 1 700 km (1 000 gether have spent years in menced the sub-surface miles) north west of Perth. Afghanistan covering the Associated Press photographer Anja Niedringhaus, an internationally acclaimed, search for emissions from Meeting staff involved conflict and the people Pulitzer Prize-winning German photographer, was fatally shot in Afghanistan, the [the] black box pinger”. in the search yesterday, there,” said AP executive AP said yesterday, April 4. She was 48. Click through the gallery to see some of Australia naval vessel Australian Prime Minis- editor Kathleen Carroll, her photos from over the years. Ocean Shield was using a ter Tony Abbott said:“It is speaking in New York. towed pinger locator from probably the most difficult “Anja was a vibrant, dy- and the first lady went out akbar” – “God is great” – district’s deputy police the US Navy, while HMS search that’s ever been namic journalist well- to the family of Niedring- and opened fire on them in chief, and three were in- Echo, which had similar mounted”. loved for her insightful haus. the back seat, the AP said. jured, he said. capabilities, was also “A large aircraft seems photographs, her warm He praised the efforts of The attacker then surren- The attacks came amid searching. like something that would heart and joy for life. We journalists from Afghanis- dered to the other police heightened security for But the former military be easy enough to locate – are heartbroken at her tan and around the world present. the nation’s presidential chief now co-ordinating but a large aircraft that loss.” who risked their own The reason for the at- and provincial elections on the eight-nation search all but disappeared and In a letter to AP staff safety to cover today’s tack was unclear, but po- Saturday. said it was “getting pretty disappeared into inacces- yesterday morning, chief election, the third since lice have arrested the sus- Afghanistan’s election close to the time when it sible oceans is an extraor- executive Gary Pruitt also the fall of the Taliban in pected shooter and the marks the first democratic might expire.” dinary, extraordinary praised the courage and Afghanistan in 2001. case was under investiga- handover of power in the Beacons in the black box challenge that you’re skill of Niedringhaus, de- The two women were tion, said Baryalay Ra- fragile country, with cur- emit “pings” so they can faced with.” scribing her as “spirited, traveling in their own ve- wan, a spokesman for the rent President Hamid be more easily found but ACM Houston said intrepid and fearless, with hicle in a convoy of elec- Khost provincial governor. Karzai – who is term-lim- the batteries only last for there was still a “great a raucous laugh that we tion workers delivering Hours later, a bomb ex- ited by the constitution – about a month. “The two possibility of finding will always remember.” ballots in Khost province, ploded in a polling center handing over the reins. ships will search a single something on the surface protected by the Afghan in the province’s Tanai dis- Karzai was chosen by 240km track converging [of the ocean]”. White House comment National Army and Af- trict, about 15 kilometers Afghan leaders to head on each other,” Air Chief “There’s lots of things in At the White House, ghan police, according to (9 miles) from where the the country after the fall of Marshal Houston, who is aircraft that float,” he spokesman Josh Earnest the AP. attack on the journalists the Taliban, and won two retired, said. said, citing previous said yesterday that the A unit commander occurred, Rawan said. subsequent presidential ACM Houston said that searches where life jack- thoughts and prayers of walked up to their car at Two people died in the elections in 2004 and the area had been picked ets from planes were President Barack Obama one point, yelled “Allahu bombing, including Tanai 2009. on the basis of analysis of found.

14 • Saturday April 5, 2014 The Barbados Advocate Iran oil exports will be in line with sanctions target: US THE United States yester- always expected fluctua- sanctions on those in- pendent economy. search. The US official said Iran day dismissed suggestions tions and was focusing on volved. It has defied UN Secu- will have to make some that Iran was exporting aggregate, not short-term, The aim of the Vienna Difficult choices rity Council demands that difficult choices about the much more oil than it is al- data. negotiations is to hammer Iran denies Western al- it halt uranium enrich- future of its nuclear pro- lowed to sell under a pre- “We have had teams talk out a long-term deal by legations that it is seeking ment and other sensitive gramme if it is to reach an liminary nuclear deal with to each of the importers of July 20 that would limit the capability to make nu- nuclear activities, which agreement with the six world powers, and predic- Iranian oil, and we feel the scope of Iran’s nuclear clear bombs,saying its pro- has led to multiple rounds world powers that would ted that aggregate Iranian comfortable that, in fact, programme in return for a gramme is aimed at gener- of increasingly draconian bring an end to interna- oil sales would meet tar- they will meet the target lifting of sanctions that ating electricity and car- US, European Union and tional sanctions against gets set for Tehran. that we have and there is have crippled its oil-de- rying out peaceful re- UN sanctions. the Islamic Republic. The remarks from a sen- nothing to lead us to be- ior US official came ahead lieve otherwise at this of a new round of senior- time,” the senior US offi- level negotiations between cial told reporters in a con- Iran and the United ference call. States, Britain, France, “We of course keep con- Germany, China and tinuous eye on this,”the of- Russia in Vienna on April ficial added. 8-9. It will be the third Diplomats and intelli- round of talks this year in gence officials say that the Austrian capital on a while Iran has been nego- long-term deal with Iran. tiating with the six pow- Iran’s oil exports have ers, it has kept up its ef- stayed above levels al- forts to circumvent the lowed under Western sanc- sanctions. tions for a fifth month, the The latest example of latest sign that the limited that was announced by the sanctions relief agreed US Justice Department upon in November is help- yesterday. It said that a ing Tehran sell more Chinese citizen faces US crude,according to sources criminal charges that he who track tanker move- conspired to export to Iran ments. products that could be Under the interim nu- used in that country’s nu- clear deal agreed in No- clear programme. vember in Geneva, Iran’s The senior official also exports are supposed to be reiterated US concerns held at an average 1 mil- about reports Russia and lion barrels per day for the Iran may be making pro- six months to July 20. But gress on an oil-for-goods shipments to Asia have barter deal worth as much topped that level at least as US$20 billion, saying it since November,according appeared inconsistent to ship tracking data. with the November deal, The senior US official and that if it went ahead, said the United States had Washington could impose Israel and the Palestinians have traded blame for the latest crisis in the talks N. Korea says US Prospects for Mideast ‘hell-bent on peace deal fading regime change’ AFTER more than a do- ments he has made about In July,he announced a Palestinian source close to zen trips to the Middle the parties’ intransigence. bid to reach a peace deal the negotiations said that NORTH KOREA accused Ri blamed the United East and 14 months of “There are limits to the within nine months. But Palestinians were still the United States yester- States for aggravating unbridled optimism on amount of time and effort as time rolled by with lit- committed to the talks day of being “hell-bent on tensions on the Korean the prospects for peace that the United States can tle progress, Kerry sought until the April deadline. regime change”, and Peninsula by continuing in the region and his spend if the parties them- to get Israeli Prime Minis- After that, he said, “we warned that any manoeu- “very dangerous” military own ability to negoti- selves are unwilling to ter Benjamin Netanyahu are free.” Neither of those vres with that intention drills with South Korea, ate it, John Kerry yes- take constructive steps in and Palestinian President are ringing endorsements. will be viewed as a “red by pursuing action in the terday finally sounded order to be able to move Mahmoud Abbas to agree Even if both sides are line” that will result in UN Security Council defeated. forward,” Kerry said. to a framework, which willing to mark time for countermeasures. against his country’s re- While Kerry has made The past week was par- would form the basis for a another month, it’s clear Pyongyang’s deputy cent ballistic missile the peace process his pri- ticularly frustrating for comprehensive peace the peace process is on life UN ambassador Ri Tong launches and by criticis- ority since taking office, Kerry.Israel reneged on a treaty. support. Il also repeated that his ing Pyongyang’s human his focus has been chal- scheduled release of Pales- While Kerry isn’t ready government “made it very rights performance. lenged by the civil war in tinian prisoners and the Deadline looming to pull the plug entirely, clear we will carry out a A US diplomat who was Syria, nuclear negotia- Palestinians responded by With the deadline set to he said the United States new form of nuclear test” not authorised to com- tions with Iran and, now, signing on to join 15 inter- expire on April 29, Kerry would “evaluate what is but refused to elaborate, ment publicly responded, Russian moves against national bodies in defiance and his aides have strug- possible and what is not saying only that “I recom- “We have long made clear Ukraine. of their own commitment gled to get the parties to possible,” suggesting Wa- mend you to wait and see – in close consultation He acknowledged the not to seek international extend the talks, even put- shington may recalibrate what it is”. with our allies – that we Israeli-Palestinian conflict recognition as a state. ting the potential release its role as broker of the His comments came at are open to improved re- was still a global concern, Kerry blindly stated the of Israeli spy Jonathan peace process as a result. North Korea’s second lations with [North but that the United States obvious when he called Pollard on the table to se- “We’re not going to sit news conference at the Korea] if it is willing to had a full agenda. both moves “not helpful”. cure the Palestinian pris- there indefinitely. This is United Nations in two take clear actions to live “We have an enormous Since beginning his oner release. not an open-ended effort,” weeks, a surprising rate up to its international ob- amount on the plate,” he peace mission, Kerry’s Kerry said “neither Kerry said yesterday in for the reclusive commu- ligations and commit- said, adding what were lofty goals have become party has said that they’ve Morocco.“It’s reality check nist regime. ments.” possibly the toughest com- significantly more modest. called it off.” And one time.”

The Barbados Advocate Saturday April 5, 2014 • 15 3 get death sentence in India gang rapes

THREE men were sen- Five people, including a tenced to death yester- young boy, were involved day for the gang rapes in the photojournalist of two women in the rape case, Nikam said. Indian city of Mumbai One of them has been last year, public prose- sentenced to life in prison, cutor Ujjwal Nikam while the youngest is fac- said. ing a trial before a juve- The men – Vijay Jad- nile justice board. Those hav, Mohammad Qasim convicted can appeal and Salim Ansari -– were their sentences to a sentenced to die under an higher court. amended Indian law that Violent crimes against sets death as the maxi- women have been in the mum sentence if con- spotlight in India since a victed of more than one 23-year-old woman was sexual assault, according raped and beaten by sev- to Nikam. The three were eral men on a bus in Indian lawyers shout during a protest at the entrance to Saket District Court in New Delhi on Thursday, found guilty of gang-rap- December 2012. January 3. ing a telephone operator a The victim later died in month before attacking a a Singapore hospital. provoked outrage across Since then, the Indian women have also been re- change statutes to fast- photojournalist in a de- India, leading to calls for media have intensified ported. track the arrest and ques- serted Mumbai mill in National outrage improved safety and their focus on rape cases. The 2012 case tioning of anyone impli- August. The shocking attack treatment of women. Attacks against foreign prompted lawmakers to cated in a rape. US authorises South Sudan conflict sanctions

US PRESIDENT Barack Carney said, according to Obama has signed an ex- AFP. ecutive order authorising “Both the government sanctions against anyone of South Sudan and Riek aggravating the conflict Machar’s rebels must im- in South Sudan. mediately engage in and The order sets out a list follow through on the in- of offences for which sanc- clusive peace process... tions may be imposed, and resolve this conflict. including attacking UN “The people of South peacekeepers and com- Sudan are calling for missioning human rights peace. There is no room abuses. for excuses or delay.” In December, fighting Reports say the EU and broke out between troops UN Security Council are loyal to President Salvar also considering similar Kiir and his sacked de- actions. puty, Riek Machar. The South Sudanese Ceasefire broken government says it is con- Despite the 23 January sidering its response. ceasefire deal, sporadic South Sudanese Presi- fighting has continued. dential spokesman Ateny South Sudan, the Wek Ateng said that min- world’s newest nation, be- isters were now studying came independent after the US order. seceding from Sudan in The conflict has forced 2011. more than 860 000 peo- Fighting erupted in the ple to flee their homes. South Sudan capital, A ceasefire was agreed Juba, in mid-December.It between the two sides to- followed a political power wards the end of January, struggle between but they have accused Thousands of people are believed to have died in fighting in South Sudan. President Salva Kiir and each other of violating it. his ex-deputy Riek Ethiopia. wide number of offences, talks and the use or re- trusted with South Machar.The squabble has ‘No excuses’ The executive order au- including: Threatening cruitment of child sol- Sudan’s future put their taken on an ethnic di- Peace talks between the thorises sanctions against “the peace, security, or diers. own interests above those mension as politicians’ two sides are being both individuals and enti- stability of South Sudan”, “The United States will of their people,” White political bases are often hosted in neighbouring ties who take part in a obstructing the peace not stand by as those en- House spokesman Jay ethnic.

16 • Saturday April 5, 2014 The Barbados Advocate Global cooling: The real inconvenient truth IT’S the Real bring more seasonality in BACKGROUND AND scientists have several cold ones. Take the years This period of time was Inconvenient Truth – oil and gas prices, making CONTEXT methods to estimate his- between 800 and 1200 AD, so cold it earned the right now the world is energy ETF and commod- Satellites first started toric weather, an effort for example. During these moniker The Dalton getting colder. And it’s ity traders happy. measuring earth’s temper- that has produced this 400 years it was so warm Minimum – a reference to likely to get even colder All of this is part of a ature in 1979. Over the general result: that vineyards spread the very low number of for the next 20 years – new ground-breaking next 20 years, tempera- A few things jump across central England sunspots then. In the year before a new, stronger study completed by Unit tures did rise, by roughly out. and bountiful harvests al- 1816, storms dumped cycle of sunspots be- Economics, an investment 0.5 degrees Celsius 1. The 100,000-year temper- most doubled Europe’s snow across New England gins, as they have for think-tank from Boston. (0.9°F). In the 15 years ature cycles are very apparent population. and Quebec in June, lake eons. They are statisti- They are a non-partisan since, that trend has re- – and the current one is peak- Then it all changed. By ice lasted until August in cally very, VERY accu- group with no axe to grind versed–rendering the total ing. the mid-1300s England’s Pennsylvania, and failed rate. on this issue; like me, they temperature increase 2. The timeframe of this vineyards were gone and crops led to food riots in But there’s more, and are here to make money since 1979 a mere 0.35°C chart covers ice ages and trop- sea ice expanded so much Britain and France. it’s A Sad Truth: there is for their clients. Show us a (0.6°F), well within the ical periods, which means it that polar bears crossed to So when you get asked, ample evidence that sug- trend and we’ll figure out range of statistical noise. takes only a small change in Greenland.This short cold is the world warmer over gests private scientists how to profit from it. The real culprit for cli- global temperatures – only two snap was truncated in the last 200 years, since and public servants have In Part I, you’ll under- mate change is simply – to four degrees – to separate a about 1400, when warmer the Industrial Revolution been manipulating the stand the big swings in the sun, through a compli- very warm world from a very weather returned for 150 started? Yes, but it has basic raw data that most temperature the earth has cated but predictable set cold one. years. Get the idea? Up, squat to do with industry. everyone relies on to calcu- experienced in the last of cycles. 3. Through the cycles of the then down, then up, then That just happens to co- late climate change. (This million years, and the last Those cycles predicted last 800,000 years, the aver- down. And then came the incide with the smallest story has great timing as thousand years, and the today’s cooling trend – and age global temperature is Little Ice Age. sunspot activity in “mod- the IPCC–International last 50 years. In Part II I’ll they predict it will con- creeping upwards. Lasting from 1550 right ern” times. Panel on Climate explain how sunspot activ- tinue for another two 4. The magnitude of each until 1850, the Little Ice Eventually the world Change–just released Part ity directly correlates to decades and may well lead cycle seems to be increasing. Age froze Austria’s vine- started to warm again. 5 of their most recent ALL these temperature to the coldest period on Now, this chart should yards, forcing parched From 1890 to 1934 central major assessment on cli- changes. And I’ll give you earth in the last 1,200 be taken with a grain of Austrians to switch from Europe barely saw any mate science (even they a hot, near-term invest- years. salt because the methods wine to beer. Winter fairs snow.Another warm spell can’t bring themselves to ment trend to capitalize The Earth, the Sun, and we use to conjure these were held on the frozen from 1942 to 1953 had sci- call it Global Warming on this cool idea. the Temperature numbers are not perfect. Thames River for 20 years entists predicting the anymore).) And in Part III, I’ll show The earth’s cycle around But at least the chart lets (you’ve all seen the paint- death of Europe’s glaciers, There are some invest- you how some original re- the sun stretches and con- us put recent climate ings) and Hudson Bay was a forecast invalidated ment trends that come out search by Unit Economics tracts, creating 100,000- changes into historic con- littered with ice chunks in when the world once again of this new Truth, and has uncovered some dis- year temperature cycles. text – a context that de- mid-summer. cooled. some of it is as simple as turbing data about the in- Our planet also slowly serves a closer look. get long snowmobile mak- tegrity of Global Warming tilts one way and then the The key takeaway is ers and get short lawn science. And really, all other, resulting in 41,000- that the earth has been mowers. One trend is that they’re doing is adding to year temperature cycles. through some very warm IDB provided Global Cooling should an already big pile. We know this because periods and some pretty US$2.8bn for Birds of a feather… Hummingbird Caribbean climate family tree unveiled change projects WASHINGTON – For were known to be flour- such small creatures, ishing in Europe, they WASHINGTON D.C., For example, of projects hummingbirds certainly said. Today’s humming- United States – The Inter- with high environmental have racked up an out- birds are found only in the American Development and social risks, 87 per sized list of unique claims Americas. Bank (IDB) says it com- cent rated satisfactory in to fame. They boast a unique set mitted US$2.8 billion for the implementation of They are the smallest of capabilities, said projects that address cli- safeguard measures in birds and the smallest University of New Mexico mate change, sustainable 2013, exceeding the IDB’s warm-blooded animals on ornithologist Christopher energy and environmen- goal of 85 per cent by Earth. They have the Witt, one of the scientists tal sustainability in Latin 2015. fastest heart and the in the study published in America and the Additionally, the report fastest metabolism of any the journal Current Caribbean last year. examines the challenges vertebrate. They are the Biology. According to its annual of the rapid urbanisation only birds that can fly “They can hover station- Sustainability Report, a of the region and the backward. And scientists arily or move in any direc- detailed overview of its bank’s strategies to ad- reported on Thursday that tion with precision, even progress in investing in dress them, including a they also have a compli- in a strong wind. They and safeguarding sustain- newly approved cated evolutionary his- also have the highest rate ability in Latin America Infrastructure Strategy tory. of energy consumption per and the Caribbean, the and advances in its Researchers con- gram of any animal,” Witt figure represents 20 per Emerging and structed the family tree of said. cent of the bank’s overall Sustainable Cities these nectar-eating birds “They have sparkling The Buff-tailed Sicklebill , a Hermit hummingbird lending last year. Initiative. using genetic information colours that are breath- with a magnificently recurved bill. The report, issued on “A sustainable and effi- from most of the world’s taking when seen under the side of the IDB’s cient infrastructure, the 338 hummingbird species perfect lighting condi- can imagine: gold, red, per second, while the Annual Meeting in Brazil, buildings, roads and serv- and their closest relatives. tions. This combination of blue, purple, magenta, smallest approach 80 notes that the figure puts ices necessary for a mod- They said hummingbirds speed, agility and beauty often iridescent,” said biol- times per second, Witt the IDB on target to meet ern society to operate can be divided into nine is unmatched in nature,” ogist Jimmy McGuire of said. its goal of 25 per cent by smoothly, is essential for groups, with differences in Witt added. the University of Hummingbirds con- 2015. improving the quality of size, habitat, feeding Hummingbirds come in California, Berkeley, who sume mostly flower nec- The report provides life for people in the re- strategy and body shape. a spectacular range of led the study. tar, and have long, slen- data and context on the gion,” said the IDB, adding The common ancestor to colours, with males more Their name derives der bills and lengthy, spe- IDB’s efforts to invest in that the Latin America all species in existence colourful than females. from the humming sound cialised tongues to collect and safeguard sustain- and the Caribbean region today lived about 22 mil- They often have green produced by the rapid this sweet treat. But be- ability by integrating en- faces major challenges in lion years ago in South feathers on the body,with flapping of their wings. cause the nectar is almost vironmental and social protecting its environ- America, several million the head coming in “vir- The largest humming- devoid of protein, they considerations through- ment and tackling climate years after hummingbirds tually every colour you birds flap about 15 times also eat small insects. out its project portfolio. change.

The Barbados Advocate Saturday April 5, 2014 • 17 Nokia announces impressive new Windows phone

WITH a full-HD 5-inch screen system has been lacking – sim- and an amazing camera, plus ply because it is much less ma- a new version of the ture than that of its competition Windows Phone operating – they boast incredible imaging system on board, this could performance and sport essen- be the first Lumia that tially the best cameras available stands a chance of giving on any current range of smart- premium Android handsets phones. a run for their money. And With the Lumia 930, Nokia is two new low-cost phones not resting on its laurels in that could really shake things up respect. As well as a great-qual- at the other end of the mar- ity screen, the phone packs a 20- ket, too. megapixel PureView camera,op- Taking to the stage at the tical image stabilization (OIS) Microsoft BUILD conference in and ZEISS optics.And thanks to California, Stephen Elop, execu- an array of supporting software tive vice president of Nokia’s functions and apps, it can keep Devices & Services group, also pictures “live” after they’ve been revealed two new budget hand- taken, meaning that you can re- sets – the Nokia Lumia 630 and focus captured images or zoom in Nokia Lumia 635.“Today we are or out of them. introducing people to the best of When it comes to moving im- Lumia and the best of Microsoft ages, the phone shoots full-HD Nokia Lumia 630 through three stunning devices video and has four microphones based on Windows Phone 8.1. In for surround sound that auto- utes a day using apps, and that explode in the coming months as ing capabilities via something addition to the new develop- matically filter out sounds com- gaming,social media,social mes- Microsoft plans to create a uni- called SensorCore. ments from Microsoft, Nokia is ing from directions other than saging and entertainment are fied app platform so that app ti- But perhaps the feature that delivering people an uncompro- where the lens is pointing. The the most popular app types – 32 tles will work across its phones, will get potential owners most mised imaging experience, great phone also has wireless charging percent of all time spent using a PCs, and its Xbox games console. excited is their price.The Lumia design and better business as standard and uses a quad- smartphone is spent gaming. While the 930 is firmly focused 630 will cost $159 with a single phones,” he said. core Snapdragon processor. All And until very recently, the on competing with the Samsung SIM card slot when it launches Bold words, but nearly two of which make it fast and practi- Windows Phone app store has Galaxy S5 and HTC One (M8), in May, while the 4G LTE 635 years on, the Windows Phone cal. been a rather barren place com- the Nokia Lumia 630 and Nokia will cost $189 when it launches platform is finally making waves However, the Achilles’ heel of pared with Google Play and Lumia 635 are there to shake up globally in the summer. in the smartphone market and is all Lumia devices thus far has Apple’s App Store (each offer 1 the entry-level market. The Nokia Lumia 930 on the comfortably the third most pop- been apps. No matter how good million+ apps and counting). Both pack quad-core proces- other hand, is priced at $599 be- ular operating system behind each handset’s specs have been, However,there are now 250 000 sors and feel like Microsoft’s an- fore taxes and subsidies. It will Apple’s iOS and Android, knock- smartphones are all about apps. apps available.That’s still a tiny swer to the Moto X or Moto G. be available from June – begin- ing BlackBerry into a distant The latest data from Flurry,pub- number compared with the com- Both also sport 4.5-inch displays ning in Europe, Asia, India, the fourth in the process. lished this week,reveals that the petition, but it is almost double and offer interchangeable, Middle East, and Latin America Lumia handsets sport great average U.S. smartphone owner what was on offer 12 months ago. brightly colored rear cases.They – and will continue to roll out design,and while their operating spends two hours and 19 min- And this number is expected to also have built-in health track- around the world this summer. Turkey lifts ban on Twitter Behold, the new TURKEY’S telecoms authority Google’s video-sharing website Erdoan’s critics saw the ban as lifted a 2-week-old ban on YouTube remains offline in the latest in a series of authori- Twitter on Thursday after the Turkey, TIB having blocked it tarian measures to crush a cor- all-way standard Constitutional Court ruled the one week after blocking Twitter. ruption scandal that had grown block breached freedom of ex- Legal challenges against the into one of the biggest challenges pression, an official in Prime YouTube ban are pending. of his 11-year rule. Minister Tayyip Erdoan’s office After the court’s decision, Tech-savvy Turks quickly for USB Cables said. President Abdullah Gül, who found work-arounds, with Access to Twitter was blocked has opposed the bans, was Internet analysts reporting a SOON you’ll never have to new cable, dubbed “Type on March 21 in the run-up to quoted as saying both websites surge in tweets since the ban worry about plugging in your C,” will likely become modern local elections last Sunday to should be made available in was imposed, but the issue has USB cord the wrong way society’s default connector for stem a stream of leaked wire- Turkey once more. San become a tug-of-war between again. most devices. The new design tapped recordings of senior offi- Francisco-based Twitter said in Erdoan’s administration and the Photos of a new standardized is meant to catch up with the cials that had appeared on the a tweet that it welcomed the rul- microblogging site. design for USB cables (those fact that devices are getting site, prompting Erdoan to say he ing. The U.S. State Department re- wires you use to connect your thinner and thinner. And that would “root out” the network. Within minutes of the ban sponded to the court ruling by phones, tablets, and comput- people don’t like having to Turkey’s Official Gazette on being lifted, the microblogging urging Ankara to respect the de- ers) emerged on Thursday, worry about which side is up. Thursday morning published site was flooded with messages, cision and end the blockage. showing a thinner design that Images of the prototype the Constitutional Court’s rul- with one tweeter saying, Erdoan has repeatedly dis- plugs into a new USB slot no were first spotted by The ing from Wednesday,further pil- “Welcome back to Twitter, missed the leaked tapes – which matter which way it’s turned. Verge. The updated cable looks ing pressure on the telecoms au- Turkey.” point to wrongdoing by officials In addition to having no very similar to Apple’s custom thorities to lift the ban, which Others inside the country and members of his inner circle wrong-way-up issues, the cable Lightning connector, which is had faced widespread interna- complained that they were still – as fabrication and part of a po- is also the same at both ends, smaller than a regular USB tional condemnation. unable to access the site. litical plot against him. unlike today’s USB cables that plug and also reversible. “The ban has been lifted” the The lifting of the ban means His Islamist-rooted AK Party usually have a fat, square plug The USB Implementers official from Erdoan’s office told that TIB will instruct Turkey’s emerged far ahead of rival par- on the computer (or power Forum – which I hear is, like, press by telephone minutes after Internet providers to unblock ac- ties in municipal elections on brick) side and a smaller, D- the dopest forum out there – TIB removed court orders block- cess to the site, a process likely Sunday that had become a refer- shaped connector at the other. says that the new designs will ing the site from its web page. to take several hours. endum on his rule. Whether you dig it or not, the likely be finalized in July.

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P R HOROSCOPES O S BY HOLIDAY A N D ARIES (March 21-April 19) - Mysteries are vaguely threatening. That’s what makes them exciting. What you C don’t know about a person is slightly scary. Don’t ask O too many questions, because maybe it’s more fun this N way! S TAURUS (April 20-May 20) - No one likes to be around selfish people. Unfortunately, most selfish peo- ple aren’t aware that they are being selfish, and this weekend it’s up to you to figure out the best way to deal with them. GEMINI (May 21-June 21) - Why do you feel pangs of sadness when you witness acts of support around you? Maybe you recognise that there is some kind of Z support missing from your life. How can you get it? I Seek sources of encouragement! T CANCER (June 22-July 22) - Flirting is like bass fishing. After you get a nibble, keep tension on the line, S or you’ll lose the connection. When the other person leans in, you can lean in, too, as long as you’re stepping back at the same time. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) - There’s so much you want to do, but avoid scheduling this day to the brim, or the odd problem will arise to produce an unpleasant domino ef- fect. Make only soft commitments, and leave plenty of space between them at that. R VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) - You hate to rank people, E but you can’t give your attention to everyone at once. X When the truly needy people and those who feed your soul the best get top priority, the hours will feel well M spent. O LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) - Looking sharp is impor- R tant to you, and so you steer clear of any piece of cloth- G ing that doesn’t instantly convey your sensibility. The attention you give your looks will help you make sev- A eral positive and lasting impressions. N SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21) - Most people concen- trate on what they need, and so your concentration on what another person needs will be refreshing, espe- cially to the one who gets the benefit of your careful and generous attention. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) - Knowing the dan- gers of seeming overly familiar or pretentious, you pre- P fer to maintain a polite, respectful distance. H Relationships come together nicely when you know A when to drop that and get close. N CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) - The lollygagging T you see may seem harmless to others, but you get the O vague sense that it’s costing someone money some- where down the line. That’s why you’re careful to save M leisurely attitudes for your actual leisure time. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) - You have an opinion, but you don’t like being asked to take a survey to rate every customer service agent who is nice to you. Save yourself the time. You don’t need extra incentives to be nice and do your job, so why should they? PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) - Maybe you’re not No. M 1 yet, but you have pride in where you are, and you be- A lieve that growth is possible. You’re in a competitive R mood. Think of all the ways in which you might win. Y W CBC TV CHANNEL 8 O R 4:00 TELE-CLASSIFIEDS 4:00 HOME SHOPPING T 7:24 SIGN ON CBC TV ID 5:00 STRICTLY LATIN 7:27 THE NATIONAL 6:00 MISSION: BRASIL H ANTHEM 6:30 OUT & ABOUT 7:29 PROGRAMME 6:52 DOUBLE DRAW SCHEDULE 6:55 PROGRAMME 7:30 SESAME STREET SCHEDULE 8:30 TOM & JERRY 7:00 CBC EVENING M TALES NEWS O 9:00 WIZARD’S TALES 7:30 EYE ON THE ARTS T 10:00 GROWING UP 8:00 MEGA SIX H CREEPIE 8:02 TYLER PERRY’S E 10:30 BARNIE HOUSE OF PAYNE 11:00 A DIFFERENT 8:30 Q TV R WORLD 9:00 DOUBLE DRAW 11:30 ZORRO 9:03 Q TV CONT’D G 12:00 RACE ONE 9:30 ON STAGE O 12:27 DOUBLE DRAW 10:30 LAW AND ORDER O 12:30 HOME SHOPPING 11:30 MOVIE: S 1:00 DAYS OF OUR GOLDENEYE E LIVES 1:05 TELE-CLASSIFIEDS

The Barbados Advocate Saturday April 5, 2014 • 19 Tessanne spurs C$40k bidding war between Lee-Chin, Raymond Chang

KINGSTON, Jamaica – the Ritz Carlton in then asked Lee-Chin Chin obliged, saying, “I Tessanne Chin, winner of Toronto. why he wasn’t joining in. hope you don’t mind if I NBC’s season 5 of The The Toronto Star re- The billionaire report- sing acappella.” Voice competition, on her ported that the star was edly responded “It’s too The report said Chin first visit to Canada not scheduled to sing at low”, before bidding started out by singing managed to raise the UWI function. But $10,000 for Chin to sing her version of ‘Bridge C$40,000 for a ‘worthy some spur-of-the-mo- just one song. over Troubled Water’, be- cause’ with an im- ment bidding at the end Chang, who was the fore going into Bob promptu three-song per- of the evening generated patron of the ball, report- Marley’s ‘Redemption formance. excitement for her fans. edly matched Lee-Chin’s Song’ and then her own Chin’s appearance Lee-Chin and Chang amount, adding that 2007 hit ‘Hideaway’. spurred a bidding war reportedly got into the Chin should consent to The proceeds from the between impromptu bidding war singing a second song. C$2000 a ticket event Jamaican/Canadian phi- to persuade Chin to sing, “This was topped by will go to UWI scholar- lanthropists Michael with the bidding starting Lee-Chin who offered an- ships, according to the Lee-Chin and Raymond at $1000 by auctioneer other $20,000 if Chin Toronto Star report. Chang while she was Gordon Cressy. would sing a third song, The report added that being honoured recently The report said the bid- for a total of $40,000. For Chin is to perform in by the University of the ding seemed to stall the record, that’s $13,333 Toronto on May 17 for a West Indies (UWI) at a briefly at the $4,000 per song,” The Toronto concert at the Sony fund-raising banquet at mark after which Cressy Star reported. Centre. By joining the brand’s campaign, the ‘12 Years a Slave’ star hopes she can inspire women who feel unseen or underseen. Orlando Bloom gets his star Lupita Nyong’o on Hollywood Walk of Fame ‘honoured’ to be ORLANDO Bloom has been honoured with the 2,521st star on Hollywood Walk of named Lancome’s Fame. The star of “The Lord of the Rings” tril- ogy attended the un- new face veiling ceremony on Wednesday, April 2 LUPITA Nyong’o is re- what drew me to them. with his 3-year-old son vealed as the latest Hopefully it’s a symbi- Flynn. The single fa- Lancome brand ambas- otic relationship – that I ther sported a blue suit sador. A photo of the benefit from being asso- at the event while Oscar-winning actress in ciated with them, and Flynn donned a striped her first beauty cam- they benefit from being shirt and jeans. In addi- paign for the label was associated with me, as tion to his parents, debuted on Friday, April well.” Bloom was supported 4. She also related it to by “Zulu” co-star Forest “I am truly honoured her Oscar win, saying “I Whitaker and “Romeo to join the Maison had to give a speech and Juliet” director Lancome, a brand with about beauty right be- David Leveaux. such a prestigious his- fore the Oscars, and for Speaking after the cere- tory and that I have al- me, beauty is a compas- mony, Bloom said, “It’s a ways loved,” Nyong’o sion for yourself and great honour... and I feel said in a statement. “I those around you. And I honoured that I am able to am particularly proud to think that in focusing on work with such amazing represent its unique vi- that, the light inside illu- people and talent.” He also sion for women and the minates the beauty out- commented on his son, “I idea that beauty should side. The idea that got a star right in front of not be dictated, but Lancome now has a few a sweet shop and he is ob- should instead be an ex- actor ambassadors is sessed and mad for candy pression of a woman’s significant because ac- right now, so he was ex- freedom to be herself.” tors are not just faces, cited for that. Trying to In her new role, the 31- they are spirits that peo- keep him from having too year-old joins the ple enjoy and relate to much, though.” brand’s current spokes- more than in an aes- Bloom is set to reprise women such as Kate thetic way. We have the his role as the elf prince Winslet, Julia Roberts, privilege of standing for Legolas in “The Hobbit: and Penelope Cruz. The something other than There and Back Again”. “12 Years a Slave” star’s just looks.” In a new interview he ads will launch in Citing supermodel said, “Legolas was a fan- September. Alek Wek as her inspira- tastic character, and the She stated, “What ap- tion, she said, “When she opportunity to come back Orlando Bloom at the unveiling of his Hollywood Walk of Fame plaque on April 2. pealed to me about came on the scene, I felt was really attractive. I Lancome is that they’re more seen. Having me on was a little anxious as to tured in the book, but the first trilogy.” developing and bringing not dictating what a huge campaign like how some of the fans 37-year-old star admitted Speaking of future proj- the characters into place beauty is... What they do this will hopefully do would respond, because that “it gave me the oppor- ects, Bloom shared that he in my mind, so that once supports something that that for other girls or you have those fans who tunity to explore other was reading a lot of poten- the project falls into place already is – and that was people who feel unseen are real purists.” sides of the character that tial materials. “At the mo- I know exactly what to do appealing to me, too. It’s or underseen.” The character is not fea- I hadn’t touched on in the ment it’s just a process of with it,” he explained.

20 • Saturday April 5, 2014 The Barbados Advocate Boyfriend upset because I’m friends with my ex ear Jane, I need DEAR R_Renee, your advice. My your boyfriend is Dboyfriend and I clearly insecure have been together for about this friendship the last two years. Prior you have with T and to this I was involved I can’t fault him. This with it? and outline bound- with a guy, let’s call him is your ex, a person Though your inten- aries clearly. T, who is a mutual you described as tions may be inno- Don’t get me friend of us both. once being in love cent you need to wrong, I do believe Jane, I was in love with, and in his head view the situation that exes can be just with T a few years ago he’s going to believe through his eyes. So, friends, but some- and we ended things that T will always with that being said, times a simple re- because of a number of have a place in your my advice would be minder of a good reasons. After the heart. to leave T in your time can put you in a break-up he and I lost Staying friends past. position to second contact with each other with your ex is a If you choose to re- guess your feelings but from the beginning sticky situation and I main friends with for your current of this year we started will ask you this... if him despite it all I partner, and I’m sure to text each other regu- your boyfriend were suggest that you you don’t want that. larly. Honestly, I talk to to maintain a texting greatly reduce the Choose wisely. him as a friend and relationship with his amount of time you only as a friend... there ex would you be OK spend texting him JANE are no feelings involved from either of us but my boyfriend gets upset every time he hears Need Advice? that I spoke to T. It has gotten to the point that he forbids me from chatting with T Write to AskJane because he believes something is going on. c/o Advocate Publishers 2000 Inc He always says that I shouldn’t be talking to my ex and I don’t know Fontabelle what to do to prove that I’m loyal to him. What St. Michael should I do Jane? [email protected] Bridge R_Renee

The Barbados Advocate SPORTSSPORTS Saturday April 5, 2014 • 21 35 athletes selected for CARIFTA By Petra Gooding as the Central American bursting onto the track the 200 metres. He also and Caribbean (CAC) and field scene a few ran a qualifying time of THIRTY-FIVE athletes Games in Veracruz, months ago. He has 48.33 seconds in the 400 have been selected by Mexico. Cadogan has run steadily lowered his time metres in the semi-finals the Athletics Associa- a season’s best of 10.30 in the 400 metres hurdles of that event at BSSAC. tion of Barbados to in the 100 metres and and recorded a personal Michael Nicholls and represent the island a new personal best of best of 52.37 in that event Rivaldo Leacock have both at the upcoming 20.72 seconds in the 200 at the Powerade Barbados qualified in the Under-18 CARIFTA Champion- metres. Secondary Schools’ Boys’ 110-metre hurdles ships in Martinique. Shamar Rock has qual- Athletics Championships and the 400-metre hurdles The largest division ified in both the triple (BSSAC) last month. and are considered medal this year is the Under-20 jump and long jump and Unfortunately, only contenders as well. Boys’, for which 12 ath- should be a medal con- three girls have met the Leacock looks like a sure letes have been chosen to tender this year. Rock qualifying standards for bet in the 400-metre make the trip. jumped a best of 7.43 me- the Under-20 Girls. This hurdles after blazing to Leading the way is tres in the long jump so means that Barbados will a personal best time of sprinter Levi Cadogan, far this year. not be represented in none 51.38 seconds in that who has qualified for all Stephen Griffith has of the relays in this divi- event at Powerade three major youth champi- been steadily improving sion. Leading the list of BSSAC. It is unclear at onships this year as well this season after only Under-20 Girls’ qualifiers this time if he will also is Akela Jones, who has compete in the 110-metre met qualifying perform- hurdles. ances in the 100 metres, Nicholls ran 52.33 sec- 100-metre hurdles, long onds to win the Under-20 jump and high jump. Boys’ 400-metre hurdles Ashley Williams in the at Powerade BSSAC, but shot putt and Tia-Adana he will be coming back Belle are the other two down to the Under-18 qualifiers in this division. height for CARIFTA. He Another big division is has also been improving the Under-18 Boys’, which in the 110-metre hurdles, has 11 qualifiers. Mario running a new personal Lester Vaughan School’s Rivaldo Leacock. Burke is one of the main best time of 13.84 seconds medal contenders among at the CARIFTA Trials in performances among the the qualifying standard the Under-18 Boys’, with March. qualifiers. Williams now of 23.70 seconds for the impressive times in both Nine athletes have has personal bests of 54.04 CAC Games in Veracruz, the 100 metres and 200 qualified in the Under-17 in the 400 metres and Mexico. metres. Burke recorded a Girls’ Division, with Sada 23.61 seconds in the 200 Tristan Evelyn is also season’s best 10.50 in the Williams recording some metres. Her time in the looking good in the 100 100 metres and 21.17 in of the more impressive 200 metres is also below metres and 200 metres in this age group, as is Hayley Matthews in the javelin. Matthews has been very consistent in her throws this season and could improve on the silver medal she won last year in this event.

The full team is as follows: Under-18 Girls: Shonita Brome, Asha Cave, Tristan Evelyn, Tiana Bowen, Hayley Matthews, Ashantia Phillips, Danielle Scantlebury, Sada Williams, Jaria Hoyte. Under-18 Boys: Josiah Beckles,Akeem Marshall, Romario Marshall, Mario Burke, Michael Nicholls, Juwan Augustin-Mayers, Rivaldo Leacock, Ramarco Thompson, Kentoine Browne, Hakeem Clarke, Triston Gibbons. Under-20 Girls: Tia- Adana Belle,Akela Jones, Ashley Williams. Under-20 Boys: Romario Antonine,Akeim David, Dario Grandison, Stephen Griffith, Shamar Rock, Tre Hinds, Joshua Hunte, Levi Cadogan, Daquan Lovell, Dario Sada Williams qualified for both the Under-18 Girls’ Scantlebury, Joshua 400 metres and the 200 metres CARIFTA Athletics Mario Burke produced impressive performances in the Under-18 Boys’ Walcott, Jebarri Championships in Martinique. 100 metres and 200 metres. Cumberbatch.

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Shared Adventure, Areutalkintome clash in today’s feature RACE fans are in for race should be very com- be the one to follow in a treat today, when petitive and exciting. race four, while Danny Final Programme for Day 8 – Saturday, April 5, 2014 Shared Adventure and In the end, it could be Crane is quick, and Areutalkintome clash in Shared Adventure from Nomoreginrog could be The Salute to the 2012 Champions Race Day race seven, the feature Areutalkintome, with closing in the end. Featuring The Shared Adventure Trophy (Handicap) Shared Adventure Trophy Jakesam being the dan- Race five could see (Handicap) for 3-year-olds ger. Sarava Point and Marcus Race 1 [2:00 p.m.] Purse:$10,000 1100m (Turf) 5 Stratfords Lad 125 K. John and older rated 140 and In race one, Royal Spirit Antonius fighting out the The Anderson Ward Trophy (Handicap) 3-Year- 6 Sarava Point(USA) 110 R. Latchman below,going 1570 metres. looks like the one to beat, finish in this one. Grace Old and Older Rated 15 - 50 Who have not won 7 Marcus Antonius(USA) 110 A. Trotman since January 2013 8 Zouk’s Girl 117 A. Perch (5) Shared Adventure is while Who’s Calling and Chapel is coming off of 1 Who’s Calling 115 A. Trotman 9 Vandross (T) 125 J. Beckles (7) coming from gate one, and Fleur De Lis could be the two straight wins and 2 Tiny Tot 115 A. Perch (5) 10 Bandera Belle (B) 122 J. Samuel has young apprentice dangers. Race two looks can’t be discounted. The 3 Dame Du Ciel 115 R. Hughes (7) jockey Damario Bynoe in like a fight between ones to follow in race six, 4 Eric Ashby 118 J. Grant Race 6 [4:35 p.m.] Purse:$12,000 1100m (Turf) 5 Copy Cat 126 SCRATCHED The Antonio Whitehall Trophy (Handicap) West the saddle, so he will end Cavanak and the improv- which is the Hi-5 betting 6 Kai 127 R. Latchman Indian Bred 3-Year-Old Maidens up taking 131 pounds; ing Victoria Alexandra, race on the day, could be 7 Royal Spirit(USA) 128 J. Samuel 1 Victini 116 D. Dalrymple (5) while Areutalkintome with Trinidad Dreamer War In Gunsite, Cote Du 8 Fleur De Lis 130 A. Clarke Jr (7) 2 Even Stephens 121 R. Latchman is coming from gate being the danger. Rhone, Lavani, Victini 3 Incognito 123 R. A. Cumberbatch Race 2 [2:30 p.m.] Purse:$11,000 1570m (Turf) 4 Summer Breeze 121 F. Drakes-Small (7) four and has Anderson The classy Kariba Rose, and Incognito. The Lord Michael Taylor Trophy (Handicap) 4- 5 Shern Li 126 J. Leacock Trotman in the saddle, if back to herself after a In the final race,Verden Year-Old and Older Non-Winners of 2 Rated 47 - 6 Lavani 121 A. Trotman so he takes the full 131 break from racing, should will be going for three 65 (Also open to horses 4-Years-Old and older 7 Cote Du Rhone 115 A. Clarke Jr (7) pounds, which means be able to take care of this straight wins. Jamaica non-winners of 2 rated 46 and below) 8 War In Gunsite 126 J. Samuel 1 Cavanak 125 A. Perch 9 Coral Lady 116 A. Whitehall they will compete at equal field in race three, while Moon, Late Bid and 2 Trinidad Dreamer 110 R. Latchman 10 Super Lady 117 A. Perch (5) weights. Noble Intent, Corvette Stroke Of Luck can’t be 3 Victoria Alexandra 119 A. Trotman These two will be giving and Conway will be try- discarded. 4 Moonlight Sonata 110 R. Hughes (7) Race 7 [5:05 p.m.] Purse:$18,500 1570m (Turf) the rest of the field lots of ing their best to cause an Post time for the first 5 Watery Moon 110 SCRATCHED The Shared Adventure Trophy (Handicap) 3-Year- 6 Furious 111 SCRATCHED Old and Older Rated 122 - 140 (Also open to weight, which means the upset. Wild Cat Tea could race is 2 p.m. 7 Azkaban128 J. Samuel horses 3-Years-Old and older rated 121 and below) 1 Shared Adventure(USA) 136 D. Bynoe (5) Race 3 [3:00 p.m.] Purse:$13,000 1100m (Turf) 2 A.P. Vincero(USA) 110 R. A. Cumberbatch The Price Is Right Trophy (Condition Race) West 3 Lune De Barachois (BND) 110 D. Dalrymple (5) Indian Bred 3-Year-Olds 4 Areutalkintome 131 A. Trotman 1 Dance Daddy Dance 118 D. Dalrymple (5) 5 Daga(USA)110 J. Grant Hickstead now 0-2 2 Appealing 118 A. Perch (5) 6 Jakesam(USA) 115 R. Hughes (7) 3 Corvette A. Whitehall 7 Little Man Arran(USA) 101 R. Latchman WITH an identical Apes Hill would continue Remaining consistent, 4 Voldemort 123 SCRATCHED 5 Taymar 118 R. Latchman Race 8 [5:40 p.m.] Purse:$10,000 1100m (Turf) score line to the open- to extend their lead when Atwell delivered another 6 Kariba Rose 118 A. Trotman The Zoom Trophy (Handicap) 3-Year-Old and ing game, Hickstead Stewart Gill added goal brace after being the first 7 Noble Intent 123 J. Samuel Older Rated 15 - 35 (Also open to horses 3-Years- were held to a second number two in the sec- to score in the final quar- 8 Conway 123 D. Bynoe (5) Old and older rated 14 and below) loss in the 2014 Digicel ond. ter. Nicolas Roberts had 1 Verden 128 D. Bynoe (5) Race 4 [3:30 p.m.] Purse:$13,000 1100m (Turf) 2 Right Move(Res 1) 118 Hickstead/Four Quar- Hickstead finally de- his hat-trick done and The Vapour Trail Trophy (Handicap) 3-Year-Olds 3 Wishes Well 113 R. Latchman ters Polo Tour. cided to get into the game dusted when he knocked and Older Rated 60 - 80 (Also open to horses 3- 4 Red October(Res 3) 115 Playing at the Apes Hill in that chukka and tied down his last goal, also Years-Old and Older rated 59 and below) 5 Dreambird(Res 5) 110 ground on Thursday things up before it ended. tying things up again. 1 Appealing 110 SCRATCHED 6 Jamaica Moon 130 A. A. Ward (5) 2 Golden Moment 124 A. Trotman 7 Lady Nak(Res 3) 117 A. Clarke Jr (7) evening, the visitors were Billy Dillane, playing off a With a single goal all it 3 Wild Cat Tea(USA) 118 A. Whitehall 8 Late Bid(USA) 125 A. Whitehall unable to get the better of -1 handicap, pulled Apes would take to swing the 4 Powerman(USA) 128 A. Bishop 9 Alila 123 J. Leacock the Apes Hill team in the Hill back within one goal game in either direction, 5 Broken Vow 120 SCRATCHED 10 Jessie James 110 J. Beckles (7) 5-4 finish despite being while Roberts added a it would go in the favour 6 Danny Crane 130 D. Bynoe (5) 11 Johnny Sad Boy 121 A. Trotman 7 Who’s My Girl(USA) 120 SCRATCHED 12 Indian Soul 128 J. Samuel led by a hat-trick from second for the draw.In the of Apes Hill, who got their 8 Nomoreginrog(USA) 128 K. Carter 13 Stroke Of Luck 123 A. Bishop Nicolas Roberts. third, one goal each would last one from Jimmy 14 Dame Du Ciel 110 SCRATCHED After playing well and see the sides tied again Roberts. Race 5 [4:00 p.m.] Purse:$13,000 1800m (Turf) 15 Kibu 129 R. Hughes (7) contributing a brace in going into the final The tour continues The Reshawn Latchman Trophy (Handicap) 3- 16 Rossi 128 K. John Year-Old and Older Rated 57 - 75 (Also open to 17 Kai 122 SCRATCHED Game 1, Marc Atwell chukka. Jimmy Roberts today with a Four horses 3-Years-Old and older rated 56 and below) 18 Fleur De Lis 125 SCRATCHED came back again to cause scored first for Apes Hill, Quarters game at Apes 1 Grace Chapel(USA) 128 R. Hughes (7) 19 Foxy Browne 121 SCRATCHED some trouble and opened while Roberts put down Hill, while the Hickstead 2 Open Secret (B) 113 J. Grant 20 Greeley Gone West(USA)(Res 4)113 the scoring in the first his second to put the score series continues tomor- 3 High Tide 126 D. Bynoe (5) 21 Wilcox Pride(Res 2) 115 4 Zaltarr 121 A. Whitehall chukka. His goal was the at 3-3 at the end of the row at the same venue. only one in the period, but third. (MP)

The tour continues in earnest with games today and tomorrow at the beautiful Apes Hill ground.

The Barbados Advocate Saturday April 5, 2014 •23 Smith, Al Hasan retained by Tridents

THE big hitting Jason Holder, Ashley selected by the Jamaica follows: Dwayne Smith and ex- Nurse, Raymon Reifer Tallawahs last season but Kieron Pollard perienced all-rounder and Kyle Mayers. The did not play because of in- (Captain), Dwayne Shakib Al Hasan were team will be led by fran- jury. Smith, Rayad Emrit, both retained by the chise player Kieron Talented Pakistani Neil McKenzie, Ravi Barbados Tridents Pollard. opener, Imran Nazir, has Rampaul, Shane yesterday when the Making their debuts also been selected by Dowrich, Jonathan Limacol Caribbean this year will be wicket- the Tridents, along with Carter, Shakib Al Hasan, Premier League Draw keeper Shane Dowrich former South African Raymon Reifer, Ashley was held in Jamaica. and young Trinidadian opening batsman, Neil Nurse, Shoaib Malik, Also being retained by all-rounder Akeal Hosein. McKenzie. Akeal Hosein, Kyle the Tridents were Rayad Also joining them will be Mayers, Jason Holder, Emrit, Shoaib Malik, Ravi Rampaul, who was The full team is as Imran Nazir. Shae Martin a triple winner TOP junior player, Shae gories; however, Sabeel Martin, ended up taking Foster proved he is still home three titles when the one to beat within the the curtains came down upper rankings of junior on the 2014 Barbados badminton. Badminton Association’s Foster teamed with Junior Badminton Cory Fanus to defeat Nationals on Thursday Martin and his partner, Dwayne Smith night at the Garfield D’Andre Thorpe, in the Sobers Gymnasium. Under-19 Boys’ Doubles Martin won the Under- final, 21-16, 21-16. Both 17 Boys’ Singles, Under- teams played well where 17 Boys’ Mixed Doubles Martin tried to control the and added the Under-17 tempo of the game, but Boys’ Doubles title on Foster was the standout Thursday. He won the on both sides as he was Boys’ Doubles title with relentless in the attack, new partner, Keshem pounding his opponents Moore. with smashes. After defeating their Fanus/Foster cruised main rivals Jehu Gaskin/ to victory to defend their Jaleel Arthur 21-10, 21-15 title. The victory was earlier in the first semi- Foster’s second on the final, the pair defeated night, as he had defeated Nicholas Sobers/Kodie Thorpe to secure back-to- King quite easily after a back crowns in the singles slow start to win 21-18, category. 21-15. Within the Singles final, Martin led the way Thorpe won the early ex- throughout with solid sup- changes, but Foster fought port from Moore. Martin back to hold a slender was very effective with his 11-7 at the first interval. cross court drop shots at Thorpe was able to effec- the net and his smashing, tively move Foster to all which neither Gaskin areas of the court to set nor Arthur had any an- up some easy cross court swer. smashes, but he simply Earlier in the evening, did not do it enough. he had cruised to a victory Even though he was in the Mixed Doubles cat- caught out of position, egory with long-time part- Foster demonstrated ex- ner, Amanda Haywood, cellent footwork and speed beating John Cupples/ to the bird, and with pure Krystal Clarke 21-9, 21-4. grit and determination However, it was not as fought back and won the easy in the singles as Jehu first game. Gaskin pushed him to his In the second, the limits during the contest. diminutive Foster em- Despite losing the first ployed more of the same game, Gaskin came out and with the scores locked fighting and led late in the on 12, put the game out of second game. However, reach after scoring seven Martin’s deceptive stroke straight unanswered play allowed him to pull points. Thorpe made a away from Gaskin to win valiant effort, but the the match 21-15, 21-18. Shae Martin was a triple winner when the curtains damage had already been Martin also tried to con- came down on the Junior Badminton Nationals on done as Foster won 21-19, Shakib Al Hasan quer the Under-19 cate- Thursday night. 21-18.

24 • Saturday April 5, 2014 The Barbados Advocate India beat South Africa to reach final VIRAT KOHLI guided the opportunity to add to ball and scampering Kohli to batter through India to a six-wicket the World Cup and between the wickets. mid-wicket and book a win over South Africa Champions Trophy titles And, when Suresh repeat of the 2011 World and a World Twenty20 they already hold. Raina arrived to take 17 Cup final, which India final meeting with Sri Having easily won their runs from the 17th over of won. Lanka in Mirpur. four group matches, India, the innings, delivered by “I had to keep my cool,” Kohli’s classy 44-ball 72 the tournament’s Wayne Parnell, India were said Kohli, who faced only not out got the 2007 inaugural champions, as good as home. three dot balls. “Against a champions to their target nervelessly paced their Though Raina fell to a world-class bowling of 173 with five balls to chase to come through Beuran Hendricks slower attack it is not easy to get spare. their sternest test so far. ball for an important 10- boundaries.” Faf du Plessis’s 58 and Kohli, the leading run- ball 21, Kohli took the “It was about sticking in 45 not out from JP scorer in the latter stages scores level in the same there and believing in Duminy had earlier of the tournament, over. myself. I kept telling carried South Africa to a expertly eschewed the Captain Mahendra myself I was good enough competitive 172-4. pursuit of boundaries in Dhoni calmly blocked his to catch up later. I backed But Kohli gave India favour of manoeuvring the only delivery, allowing myself throughout.” That India’s chase was manageable was thanks mainly to a spell of 3-22 from Ravichandran Ashwin that checked South Africa just as they were threatening to get away. On a pitch offering plenty of encouragement to the slow bowlers, Ashwin had already produced a beauty to bowl Hashim Amla before returning to remove the dangerous pair of Du Plessis and AB de Villiers. Amla’s closed face was beaten by a ball that pitched outside leg stump Yuvraj Singh lifts Virat Kohli up after the win. and hit off, while De Villiers holed out to deep Duminy began quietly Parnell to the hands of De square leg after Du but, helped by David Villiers on the leg-side Plessis was bowled off his Miller’s 12-ball 23, added boundary. body attempting a sweep. 36 in the final three overs. With some loose South Prior to that, captain Du India openers Rohit African bowling going Plessis took advantage of Sharma and Ajinkya unpunished, there was a some unusually wayward Rahane began the pursuit hint that India may be left Indian bowling, regularly in rapid fashion but, after too much to do. heaving the off-breaks of Rohit hit Hendricks But that was to discount Raina through the off straight up in the air, the calm chasing of Kohli side. Rahane was subdued and and, in the end, India’s Dale Steyn and Faf du Plessis ran out of ideas. At the other end, eventually shovelled victory was comfortable. FICA objects to Srinivasan’s role in ICC N. SRINIVASAN should Giles Clarke, have his conduct or that of his taking the highest posting betting and spot-fixing in Supreme Court has issued not be allowed near the deigned to comment company are pending or in world cricket, while IPL 2013 have been made an interim order ICC’s executive board publicly on Srinivasan’s unresolved,” Marsh said. these matters are against Mr. Gurunath prohibiting any table, nor be sworn in as predicament, after the “The cricket world has unresolved, is an Meiyappan as the alleged employees of India the body’s new chairman, three administrators drew been told time and again impossible one.” team principal of Chennai Cements Limited (other while he remains under out a plan for the next by the ICC that corruption Edwards and Clarke Super Kings and these than players or investigation by India’s eight years of the game in is the game’s biggest issue are due to meet with remain the subject of commentators) from Supreme Court. So says which ICC revenue is and that the game has a Srinivasan again ahead of proceedings before the performing any duties for Paul Marsh, head of the redistributed while zero-tolerance approach to the ICC’s next executive Indian Supreme Court,” the BCCI. FICA cricketers’ global bilateral agreements it. board meeting on April 9 he said.“Mr.Srinivasan is understands that the representative FICA. between member “For our game to and 10. It has been the managing director of order applies to Mr Stepping into the countries replace the survive, we need it to be reported that Srinivasan Indian Cements Limited Srinivasan, as managing vacuum left by the leaders stipulations of the ICC’s not only free of corruption will remain India’s [the owner of the Chennai director of the company.” of other Full Member Future Tours Programme. but free of any suspicion of representative at the ICC Super Kings] and is also Clause 2.1 of the ICC’s nations, most Marsh was more corruption. “The ICC table despite the Supreme the father-in-law of Mr. code of ethics states:“Each conspicuously Cricket forthcoming, however. needs to put the Court’s order, while also Meiyappan. director shall act in an Australia and the ECB, “While we are pleased reputation of the game intending to take up the “The Supreme Court honest and ethical Marsh said Srinivasan that Mr.Srinivasan, at the and confidence in its ICC chairmanship at the order from last Friday manner. In order to could not take up his behest of the Supreme procedures first. The body’s annual meeting, noted that Mr.Srinivasan facilitate the transparent looming post as the head Court, has agreed to step players, and other due to take place in had made a written offer operation of the ICC, of the global game if he down from his duties as stakeholders in the game, Melbourne in July. through his legal counsel conduct that gives the had been barred from BCCI President, we are of are entitled to expect this Marsh, though, outlined to step aside from his appearance of impropriety holding the office of BCCI the firm belief that he from the ICC’s Executive the reasons why functions as BCCI will also be unacceptable. president. should not be exercising Board. Srinivasan should not be President until Directors shall not engage Neither the CA any functions on behalf of “Under the current permitted to continue in investigations into the in any conduct that in any chairman Wally Edwards, the ICC either, while any circumstances, the this role. allegations against him way denigrates the ICC or nor his ECB equivalent investigations concerning prospect of Mr.Srinivasan “Serious allegations of were completed. The harms its public image.”

The Barbados Advocate Saturday April 5, 2014 • 25 El Salvador draws level with B’dos in Davis Cup By Petra Gooding

BARBADOS and El Salvador played to a 1-1 draw at the end of day one of their BNP Paribas Davis Cup Americas Group 2 tie at the National Tennis Centre yesterday. Barbados No. 1 player Darian King gave Barbados the early lead with a straight sets whip- ping of El Salvador’s Rafael Arevalo. However,Haydn Lewis found the going tough against Marcelo Arevalo and went down 3-1 in a marathon encounter. Both teams will come out fighting in today’s doubles match as they seek to go 2-1 up over the other. King had a relatively easy time in his game against the older Arevalo brother, winning 6-1, 6-3, 6-3. He raced to a 4-0 lead in the first set before Arevalo losing his rhythm a bit in the fifth game which the Salvadoran capitalized on. However, King still went on to win the set 6-1. The Bajan was again on fire early in the second set racing Darian King got Barbados off to a winning start yesterday El Salvador’s Rafael Aravelo during his Davis Cup Group 2 away to a 4-0 lead. He looked set with a 3-0 win over El Salvador’s Rafael Aravelo at the match against Barbados’ Darian King. to easily wrap up the match National Tennis Centre. with Arevalo not winning a set when the Salvadoran won two going on to win the third set, gladly I was able to hold on and to come out, but I think we will nation winning four of those en- game points to put the score on and the match 61-, 6-3, 6-3. bounce back and go 2-1 and come out victorious if we play counters. They met last year 4-2. However, King kept cool King told reporters after the from there it was straight on the way we normally play,” said with El Salvador winning 4-1. and went on to win the second match that he found the match victory,” said King. King. Both nations advanced to the set 6-3. to be relatively easy. He is confident that they will Lewis lost to the young second round with 3-2 wins over Arevalo came out swinging in “I was pretty much seeing the be able to go 2-1 up today with Arevalo brother 6-7(5), 7-5, 4-6, their opponents; Barbados de- the third set, determined not to ball like a watermelon, so it was a doubles win because he and 6-7(1) in a match that stretched feating Chile while El Salvador go down in three straight sets. hard to miss my shots and stuff. Lewis make a formidable team to more than three hours yes- won against Paraguay.The win- He won the first two points and But coming into the third set I “I think we have a great terday. ner of this tie will go on to a took the lead for the first time in got a bit frustrated because I chance, me and Haydn; our Barbados and El Salvador promotion play-off in the match. However, King’s think the guy was trying to use record is pretty much unbeat- have met on five previous occa- September against either Peru class saw him through and he a lot of tactics on me to try to able, especially playing at home. sions with the South American or Mexico. eventually drew level 2-2 before throw me off my game. But We would be glad for the crowd Switzerland, Kazakhstan level at 1-1 in Davis Cup GENEVA – Roger Federer Federer and Wawrinka, eased to victory over Mikhail doubles champions at the 2008 Kukushkin on Friday,bringing Beijing Olympics, are Switzerland level at 1-1 with scheduled to team up Saturday Kazakhstan in the Davis Cup against Kazakh doubles pair quarterfinals. Aleksandr Nedovyesov and Federer’s 6-4, 6-4, 6-2 win in Evgeny Korolev. less than two hours restored “Clearly I am available if order for the 15,000 Swiss fans (captain) Severin (Luethi) who saw Australian Open wants me to play,” Federer said champion Stanislas Wawrinka after beating the 56th-ranked surprisingly lose the opening Kukushkin. singles match. The winner will face Britain “I was very satisfied with my or Italy in the semifinals in performance,” Federer said. “It September. Italy leads 1-0 after doesn’t change in terms of a rain-affected first day,though being 1-0 up or down - I have to Andy Murray leads Andreas make sure I played my Seppi 6-4, 5-5 in a singles match.” rubber which will resume Wawrinka, ranked No. 3 after Saturday. his first Grand Slam title, was Switzerland is aiming to Barbados’ Haydn Lewis lost 3-1 in his match against El Salvador’s Marcelo Arevalo yester- beaten 7-6 (5), 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (5) reach its first semifinal since day at the National Tennis Centre. He will team up with Darian King for today’s all-important by 64th-ranked Andrey 2003 in pursuit of a first Davis doubles match. Golubev. Cup title.

26 • Saturday April 5, 2014 The Barbados Advocate Durant, Thunder end Spurs’ 19 game win streak

OKLAHOMA CITY – Kevin said. “To us, it is just another Durant’s rare streak of game.” games with least 25 points Spurs reserve Manu Ginobili continued, and San did not play.The veteran guard Antonio’s run of 19 straight was not listed on the injury re- wins came to a halt. port, and Popovich did not ex- Another streak might mean plain why Ginobili was out. more than both of them - Oklahoma City trailed 51-43 Oklahoma City’s season sweep. in the second quarter before Durant scored 28 points and Westbrook drained a 3-pointer, Russell Westbrook scored 27 to then made a layup with 2.6 sec- help the Thunder defeat San onds left in the first half to cut Antonio 106-94 on Thursday the deficit to 51-48 at halftime. night in a showdown of the top Westbrook had struggled with two teams in the Western his shot before that flurry. Conference. Oklahoma City won “You may miss a few shots all four games against the Spurs here and there, but you’ve got to this season, and this was the keep your mind in the game and most lopsided result. stay in the moment,”Westbrook “That’s a big thing,” said. Westbrook said. “When you The Thunder continued their have a team that’s a good bas- surge in the second half. Rookie ketball team - they’re the No. 1 Andre Roberson hit a 3-pointer team in the West, and we want gave the Thunder a 57-56 lead. to be the best team, you’ve got to A lob from Reggie Jackson to beat the best. I think we did a Durant for a dunk gave great job of that tonight.” Oklahoma City a 75-65 lead. Serge Ibaka added 11 points Durant hit a running jumper in and 12 rebounds for the the closing seconds of the third Thunder,who trail San Antonio quarter to put the Thunder up by three games with eight re- 80-71. He scored 12 points on 6- The Oklahoma City Thunder celebrate during a game against the San Antonio Spurs. maining. for-9 shooting in the period. Durant scored at least 25 Oklahoma City pushed its a reverse dunk to bump other on the defensive end, and loss,” Green said.“Obviously, I’d points for the 39th consecutive lead to 16, but San Antonio went Oklahoma City’s lead back up to once you do that, you give your- rather learn from a win, but game, the longest streak since on an 8-0 run to pull to 91-83. 95-83 with 5:25 to play. self a good chance.” sometimes, you feel like you can Michael Jordan did it 40 con- The Thunder regained con- “We just made the second and The Spurs said they will study learn more from a loss. We’ll go secutive times during the 1986- trol.Westbrook got into the open third efforts,” Durant said. “We the game and move forward. back to the drawing board 87 season. He reached 25 on a court, clutched and threw down did a good job of helping each “You can learn a lot from a tonight." free throw with 3:31 remaining, drawing a roar from the crowd. “That was a cool feeling,” Durant said. “I don’t want to take those moments for granted. It’s not what I’m really playing the game for, but it is still cool to see that support from such great fans, no matter what.” Durant can match Jordan’s mark, the longest such streak in the past 50 years, Friday in Houston. “That’s a lot of games to be scoring 25 points in a row,” Westbrook said. “You can’t just not think about that. That’s an unbelievable stat. I think he may just finish the season doing that. He does that in his sleep.” The Thunder shot 59 percent in the second half to pull away. Oklahoma City scored 30 points off San Antonio’s 19 turnovers. “Too many turnovers led to too many points, and that’s the ballgame,” San Antonio guard Danny Green said. “If we changed that, it’s probably a to- tally different game.” Patty Mills scored 21 points and Kawhi Leonard and Tim Duncan each added 17 for the Spurs, who hadn’t lost since Feb. 21. “We never thought about the streak in the first place,” San Oklahoma City Thunder forward Kevin Durant (35) and San Antonio Spurs forward Tim Duncan, right, vie for control of the ball in Antonio coach Gregg Popovich front of Spurs forward Kawhi Leonard (2). The Barbados Advocate Saturday April 5, 2014 • 27

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LOS ANGELES – The so much the last couple 89-all early in the fourth The Clippers rallied to The Mavericks led by 11 and were up 58-56 at Mavericks built a 12- of minutes,” Nowitzki on two free throws by start the third, using a twice in the first half, halftime. point lead with 2:50 to said. “We started giving Redick, who finished 13-7 run to take a 69-65 play, gave away all the ball away again. with 12 points in his lead. Jordan scored six but two points of it, (J.J.) Redick made some first game since Feb. 3. points and four others and still managed to shots to actually give He missed 25 games scored. But their lead hang on. them the lead, which is with a bulging disk in was short-lived. Dirk Nowitzki scored unbelievable after we his back. Dallas outscored the 26 points and Jose just had a 10-point lead. “I felt limited by my Clippers 21-12 to end Calderon added 19 in But I’m glad we rustiness,” said Redick, the third leading 86-81. the 113-107 win over the survived.” usually a starter. “I felt Calderon scored 10 in a Clippers on Thursday Nowitzki made both of like I could’ve given us a row, Dalembert and Ellis night, the Mavericks’ his free throws for a 111- bigger boost and didn’t had four each, and first against Los Angeles 107 lead with 17 seconds do that. I haven’t moved Carter and Devin Harris this season. left. Collison fouled at that speed in two hit 3-pointers to keep Blake Griffin had 25 Shawn Marion and he months. Definitely my the Clippers from points, 10 rebounds and made both to keep the brain wasn’t reacting regaining the lead. 11 assists in his first Clippers down by six. well.” triple-double of the “We ran out of Nowitzki led a 10-0 season for the Clippers, miracles,” Clippers coach run, sandwiching 3- CHURCH who had won 17 of their Doc Rivers said. pointers around a basket NOTICES previous 19, including Samuel Dalembert by Carter, to put Dallas JAMES STREET four straight. They beat and Monta Ellis added back in front 99-89. METHODIST CHURCH the Mavs in their first 12 points each, and A 3-pointer by Carter BRIDGETOWN three meetings of the Vince Carter had 16 for extended the Mavs’ lead SUNDAY 6 APRIL 2014 season, coming from the Mavs, who won their to 104-93. Dallas behind each time. third straight on a road clamped down on Chris 6:30AM REV DR CUTHBERT A ED- A night earlier, the while battling Memphis Paul and Griffin for a WARDS Clippers came back from for the eighth and last stretch before the a 17-point deficit to beat Western Conference Clippers got hot. Paul 9:00 AM REV DR CUTHBERT A ED- Phoenix on the road, playoff spot. finished with 17 points WARDS clinching their second “It was a big win for us and nine assists. straight Pacific Division against a very good “We needed every 5:30 PM REV ALISON CARTER title and third team, a team we hadn’t single point of it,” consecutive playoff beaten yet this year and Nowitzki said. “The way SACRAMENT OF HOLY COM- berth. a team that hasn’t lost we give away leads is MUNION AT ALL 3 SERVICES They nearly pulled it much on their home sometimes off again. floor,” Nowitzki said. mindboggling.” Trailing by 12 points, “We’re going to keep DeAndre Jordan added HAWTHORN Los Angeles scored 10 in fighting. There’s six 21 points and 15 METHODIST CHURCH WORTHING a row, including six by games left and there’s rebounds, and Collison CHRIST CHURCH Darren Collison, to trail plenty of challenges for had 22 points for the 109-107 with 1:26 left. us down the road.” Clippers. SUNDAY 6 APRIL 2014 The Mavericks missed Dallas had the “We just ran out of 9:00 AM four straight shots and Clippers trailing for time,” Paul said. “We REV ADOLF DAVIS had a turnover before much of their last waited too long. It’s a SACRAMENT HOLY Griffin fouled Nowitzki matchup of the season tough loss because we COMMUNION near mid-court. against each other. Los could have found a way 5:00 PM “The win was nice; not Angeles rallied to tie it to win.” REV ADOLF DAVIS The Barbados Advocate Saturday April 5, 2014 • 29

30 • Saturday April 5, 2014 The Barbados Advocate Rendezvous making Brittons Hill regain intentions clear lead after winning RENDEZVOUS Football come away with five wins, three. Parish Land are in Club are putting in a seri- the latest of which they a similar situation with in-hand game ous bid to be bumped up to took this past Wednesday only nine points from the Premier League and against Empire in a four- three wins.The difference By Michael Phillips Football Club. To see only goal coming in the are well on their way as one exchange. comes as they have only themselves up to 16 22nd minute, Paradise, they continue to run the Crompton are on 13 played seven games. MACKESON Brittons points, Brittons Hill put who are now on nine, show in the Barbados after eight games with Bagatelle and St. John Hill have moved back three goals past the picked up the much- Football Association four wins and a draw in Sonnets are the next two up to the top of the Pinelands keeper. needed points to put Banks Division 1. Taking the mix. Empire also have teams and both are on Barbados Football Zidkigah Samuel was the themselves in fifth place their latest win in fine four wins. However, three eight points. With their Association’s Digicel first to strike when he with three wins from their style earlier this past losses have them re- points coming from two Premier League after opened the scoring in the seven games. week, last years KFC stricted to only 12 points wins and two draws each, Pride of Gall Hill held 18th, only to be followed With the race on be- Champions Cup winners seven games in for fifth the disparity shows up pole position for just a very closely by Jermaine tween teams to remain in are leading the standings place. Porey Spring are from Bagatelle’s superior couple of days. With Forde in the 21st. Before contention for the title after playing unbeaten in next in line and they have goal difference. Bagatelle both of the sides origi- the half ended and once this year, the competition their eight games for a played seven games, win- also have a game to play to nally on 13 points each again not too long after will continue tomorrow at total of 24 points. ning three and drawing catch up to the Sonnets’ after tying in a top-of- the last goal (25th the National Stadium Coming closest at pres- two for a total of 11 points. eight. Youth Milan, the-table clash last minute), Samuel added a with a triple-header. A ent and hoping that Their last game was a one- Clarke’s Hill and Kick week, Gall Hill creeped second to bring the score struggling Rendezvous slip up some all draw against the re- Start are at the bottom of ahead after playing up to three. In the dying Pharmaceuticals Plus time soon, is University of cently-relegated Youth the barrel. Having all their sixth game of the minutes of the game, Cosmos and Paradise get the West Indies who are Milan on Wednesday at played seven games, the tournament on Pinelands got their lone things started at 4:00 PM. second. They have played Checker Hall. teams are on five, four and Tuesday. consolation from Marlon Current leaders Brittons eight games as well but Maxwell have nine one points respectively. Playing their sixth Headley in the 87th. Hill and defending cham- have fallen short as they points and have played Youth Milan has a win game on Thursday night Playing in a later game pions Barbados Defence lost one and drew the eight of their games. If and two draws, Clarke’s at the National Stadium, on the night, Direct TV Force Sports Programme other to be on 19 points at they mean to make any Hill have one and one Brittons Hill took back Paradise and Silver Sands are up next in a 6:00 PM present. Ellerton are third real impact on the league while Kick Start’s lone over first place on goal-dif- parted ways after seeing fixture while the nightcap and have a game in hand they have to better their point comes from a single ference after racking up the former taking three game goes to Weymouth to find themselves on 15. position as they losses out- draw in their campaign. their fifth win of the sea- points away from the ex- Wales and Clayton’s Kola In their seven, they have weigh their wins five to (MP) son over Pinelands change. With the game’s Tonic Notre Dame. Barcelona transfer ban is right Jose Mourinho decision, says Arsene Wenger says Fernando FOOTBALL’S world gov- Under-18s can move to a erning body, Fifa, is right club in a different country to impose a 14-month if their parents move there transfer ban on Spanish for non-footballing rea- Torres has champions Barcelona, sons, if they are from an- says Arsenal boss Arsene other nation within the Wenger. European Union or The Catalan club are ap- European Economic Area Chelsea future pealing against the sanc- and aged between 16 and tion for breaking rules on 18, or if they live within CHELSEA manager the club he has had mo- signing international play- 100km of the club. Jose Mourinho says ments, some of them im- ers under 18. "The rule is quite sim- Spain striker Fernando portant moments,” “They were banned be- ple, you cannot move the Torres still has a future Mourinho added. cause they have not re- players before the age of at Stamford Bridge. “He works hard for the spected the rules,” said 16 unless their parents The 30-year-old, who team and brings things Wenger. move for professional rea- joined the Blues for to the team. He is con- But the Frenchman be- sons, so that of course cre- £50m in January 2011, tracted and a good pro- lieves the Fifa regulations, ates a bit of a debate - do has scored nine goals in fessional.” aimed to protect young the parents move for pro- 33 games this season. Torres’ move from players and prevent child fessional reasons or not?” Mourinho said he was Liverpool on a five-and- trafficking in football,need said Wenger. “not happy” with his a-half-year deal set a to be changed. “In this case, Fifa has striking options after new British transfer Barcelona cannot buy judged the parents moved Wednesday’s 3-1 record but he has strug- players in the next two for football reasons and Arsene Wenger Champions League de- gled to recreate his best transfer windows and that is why they were feat by Paris St-Germain form in west London. were also fined 450 000 banned because they have that Wenger and them at 16. Barcelona crit- in the French capital. The Spaniard has Swiss Francs (£305 000). not respected the rules.” Barcelona have disagreed icised the move and were Asked about Torres on scored a total of 44 goals The Spanish Football He added: “The rules over the transfer of young later awarded £1m com- Friday, he said: in 164 appearances for Federation (RFEF) was need to be changed, be- players. pensation. “Obviously we want him Chelsea, who signed him also sanctioned for the cause there is more compe- Arsenal signed a then Spain midfielder to score more goals. But on the strength of a re- same breaches, receiving tition now to get the young 16-year-old Cesc Fabregas Fabregas, now 26, rejoined does he have a future? turn of 81 goals in 142 a fine of 500 000 Swiss players, and you will al- from Barcelona in 2003 the Catalan club in a £35m Yes.” matches for the Reds. Francs (£340 000). ways be in a debate as to after a exploiting a loop- deal in August 2011. The former Liverpool Eden Hazard, 23, is Fifa rules state that in- why did the parents move? hole where Spanish clubs, Teenage Spanish play- forward was left out of Chelsea’s top scorer this ternational transfers are “There is more money in under their country’s law, ers Fran Merida, Ignasi the starting line-up for season on 16 goals, while only permitted for players the game, so the parents could not sign players Miquel and Jon Toral have Chelsea’s quarter-final fellow attacking mid- over the age of 18 - unless will be tempted to give until they were 18. also joined Arsenal after first-leg loss to PSG, fielder Oscar, 22, is tied the player in question their young boys a chance Under European Union leaving Barcelona’s famed with Andre Schurrle pre- for second with 33-year- meets one of three qualify- to have a great career.” and Fifa regulations, La Masia youth academy ferred up front. old forward Samuel ing criteria. It is not the first time English clubs could sign in recent years. “During [his] period at Eto’o on 11 goals.

The Barbados Advocate Saturday April 5, 2014 • 31 Hamilton fastest in Bahrain practice for Mercedes LEWIS HAMILTON appeared to be evenly terms of pace but it is headed team-mate matched in race trim, very easy to say we are Nico Rosberg as with a close fight between not with Mercedes.” Mercedes were in a the Red Bulls, Force Mercedes had also been league of their own in Indias, Williams and one-two with Hamilton yesterday’s practice Alonso’s Ferrari to be the ahead of Rosberg and at the Bahrain Grand next fastest cars. Alonso third in the ear- Prix. BBC F1 analyst Allan lier first session. Hamilton, winner in McNish said: “Mercedes Red Bull had another Malaysia last weekend, are again the class of the fuel-flow sensor failure, was 0.365secs up on the field. Williams are proba- according to team princi- German in the night-time bly going to be the prime pal Christian Horner. second session. runners for third position. Almost every failure of Mercedes were a second “Then Force India that mandatory FIA part clear of the field. Ferrari’s weren’t fast in overall this season has happened Mercedes driver Michael Schumacher, right, of Germany sits with teammate Fernando Alonso was terms but their long runs on a Renault-engined Red Norbert Haug, during a news conference to announce his retirement from third from Red Bull’s are super-good – they are Bull, Lotus or Toro Rosso Formula One at the end of the 2012 in Suzuka, Japan. Daniel Ricciardo. good at doing one stop and Renault do not yet Felipe Massa’s fewer than the rest. know why that is. The Williams was fifth from “Then it’s going to be only exception is one fail- McLaren’s Jenson Button the Ferraris, McLarens ure on Sergio Perez’s Manager: Schumacher has and Red Bull’s Sebastian and Red Bulls, although Force India in Australia. Vettel. never count against Red It was a better session “It is good to come off a Bull pulling something from Lotus, whose cars ‘moments of consciousness’ positive weekend and out of the bag.” have been plagued by re- come here with the mo- “Mercedes are very liability problems this GRENOBLE, France – manager said yesterday. because they were too mentum,” said Hamilton. quick. It’s not a surprise,” season, but whose drivers Michael Schumacher is Schumacher, 45, fell deeply embedded. “We still have a lot of said Red Bull’s Vettel. Pastor Maldonado and now showing “moments of while skiing in France on Schumacher’s condition work to do to dial the car “There is a long way for us Romain Grosjean com- consciousness and awak- December 29 and hit the stabilised after he was in for qualifying and the to catch up, but long term pleted a full programme ening”, more than three right side of his head on a placed in a drug-induced race, and it’s going to be it is important we make and ended up 17th and months after suffering se- rock, cracking his helmet. coma. In late January,doc- difficult because the tem- bigger steps than them. 18th places behind the rious head injuries in a Doctors operated to re- tors at a hospital in the perature is dipping and “It’s very difficult to Saubers of Adrian Sutil skiing accident, the re- move blood clots from his French city of Grenoble the balance is shifting all know where we are in and Esteban Gutierrez. tired Formula One star’s brain, but some were left began the process of with- the time. drawing sedatives to try “Generally the car has to wake him up. been feeling good this “Michael is making weekend. I feel strong in Red Bull chief Adrian Newey criticises F1 rules progress on his way,” the car.” Schumacher’s manager, Just 0.3secs separated RED BULL design chief “I would have said the ing, experts say. “Trade the cost of the Sabine Kehm, said in a Alonso in third from Adrian Newey has criti- same thing before the However, Red Bull [new F1] power-unit ver- statement yesterday. “He McLaren’s Kevin cised Formula 1’s new rules came in,” Newey team principal Christian sus the cost of making the shows moments of con- Magnussen, who was rules, saying their merit said. “I wasn’t asked. Horner has proposed car lighter or more aerody- sciousness and awaken- ninth behind Toro Rosso’s is “questionable”. That’s my opinion. abandoning the fuel-flow namic or whatever. So I ing.” Daniil Kvyat. The 55-year-old says the “I like lightweight and limit because of what he think it’s questionable.” “We are on his side dur- Force India’s Sergio new turbo hybrid engines efficiency,and these regu- claims are problems with “The drive to make cars ing his long and difficult Perez was 10th, ahead of and fuel limits were intro- lations have created cars the accuracy of the official more efficient is a good fight, together with the Williams’ Valtteri Bottas, duced “without proper that are exceptionally sensors that measure it. one. How you do that and team of the hospital in Toro Rosso’s Jean-Eric thought”. complicated, quite a lot Newey argued that the whether you do that Grenoble, and we keep re- Vergne, Force India’s Nico Newey said the sport heavier. new rules may not have through a much more maining confident,” Kehm Hulkenberg and Ferrari’s should have spent more “Complication and been the best way to pur- open formula – where you said. Kimi Raikkonen, who was time considering whether weight is an expense, if it sue their intention of driv- are able to trade for in- She added that she and a second slower than his it had gone in the right brings something that’s ing increased efficiency in stance the weight of the Schumacher’s family “do team-mate, in 14th place. direction. absolutely fantastic, but I F1. power unit against the not intend to disclose de- The Finn continues to Williams chief technical do believe that should be “We’ve gone down this weight of the car – is an- tails. This is necessary to struggle with the feel of officer Pat Symonds said: debated.” route of trying to come up other matter. protect the privacy of the front of the car on “I don’t agree. The power- The new rules are fo- with a sport that appears “You are into a really big Michael and his family, braking into slow corners, units are relevant to the cused on two levels of fuel to be road-relevant and in discussion there, one and to enable the medical as he has done all season future of the automotive restriction – a maximum truth that’s extremely that’s probably outside the team to work in full calm- so far. industry.” of 100kg of fuel for a race complicated,” Newey said. scope of a quick interview ness.” The two Williams driv- Newey’s comments are distance and a maximum “To come up with a for- with the BBC.” Schumacher earned ac- ers set their fastest times the latest in a series of fuel-flow rate of 100kg/ mula that’s about a very He said that ultimately claim for his uncommon later in the session than public statements oppos- hour.There have also been short sprint race, an hour the viewing public would and sometimes ruthless the other leading teams, ing the new rules by four- changes to the aerody- and a bit, using a single- be the arbiters of the new driving talent, which took when the conditions were times world champions namics of the cars. seater open-wheel car,and F1’s success. him to a record 91 race cooler and the track Red Bull, who have suf- The fuel-flow rate en- saying that’s then rele- “Let’s see how it pans wins. He retired from faster. fered a drop in competi- sures that the develop- vant to the road is a very out,” Newey said. “It’s too Formula One in 2012 The Mercedes cars tiveness this yea r because ment of engines goes in a complicated leap in my early to say the sport isn’t after winning an un- looked considerably faster their Renault engine does direction relevant to fuel opinion. exciting. Let’s see what matched seven world than the rest of the field not produce as much efficiency – and therefore “In making a road car the viewing public thinks. titles. whether it be on low-fuel power per unit of fuel as the road-car industry. you have so many factors “If they like the show, The accident happened qualifying-type runs or on the rival Mercedes. Removing the rate restric- – the cost of the car, how then that’s fantastic; if on a family vacation in the the race-simulation laps But he denied he was tion would lead develop- many miles it will do, they don’t we’re going to Alps as Schumacher was later in the session. making his remarks as a ment down paths that whether it be city driving have to have a bit of a skiing with his 14-year- Hamilton and Rosberg result of sour grapes. were relevant only to rac- or motorway cruising. think about it.” old son.

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Saturday April 5, 2014 SKILLS TRAINING THE WAY TO GO PRINCIPAL of the Samuel Jackman Prescod Polytechnic (SJPP), Hector Belle, strongly believes that the institution will be seeing an increase in applications. He shared this with the media after a recognition ceremony for students and staff yesterday. According to him, having a skill opens up an individual to more employment opportu- nities. “Most intelligent persons recognise that there are no jobs out there for persons just with degrees, you must have a skill,” Principal of the Samuel he stressed. Jackman Prescod Polytechnic Alana Grant, Jodi Knight and Kelsey Lunn were recognised for their achievement during the World “You cannot open a business (SJPP), Hector Belle. Skills Barbados Competition 2014. with just a degree; when you have a degree you have to go United States, Britain – and in getting certificates,” Belle “What you find happening in what it is industry requires, look for a job. When you do the Caribbean we have to start added. any institution like this is that what is the newest trend– it is training at the Polytechnic you looking at the training of our The Principal went on courses which were offered an ongoing activity,” he pointed can open your own business. young people using the 21st to reveal that the Poly- before are now obsolete, so out. This is the way the world is century approach, that is train- technic will be increasing its we have to keep reviewing our currently going – Canada, ing people in skills and not just offerings. curriculum and looking at SKILLS TRAINING on Page 5

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